International Women’s Day: Hungarian women get 11 pc less than men
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Eurostat published a new survey about a serious problem decision-makers in Hungary should think about to solve.
According to index.hu, the bad news is that in most of the countries, the difference between the wages given to a woman and a man for the same work is significant. Good news is that the gap is narrowing in most of the countries, including Hungary, as well. Based on the latest findings of the Eurostat in the issue, the differences between the countries can reach even 20 pc in this respect. Interestingly, they could not find any trends among the regions, and the results correlate only partly with the so-called Gender Equality Index measuring the inequalities between women and men.
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In 2018, the difference between the average wage of one working hour of a man and a woman was 11.2 pc for the former. This is better than the average of the European Union (14.8 pc) and, what’s more, Hungary beats a lot of countries that are better in other aspects of eliminating gender inequalities. The average of the Eurozone is even worse than the EU27’s with 15.9 pc.