1. Eurostat’s indicators of gender equality
A dedicated sub-section launched on the website 1

2. Introduction
EU policy background: the indicators chosen based on the Women’s Charter (2010), the Strategy for equality between women and men ( ) adopted by the European Commission
Objectives: to extend the visibility of gender statistics available in the European Statistical System
Criteria: relevance, data availability (freshness, completeness) and comparability; the selected indicators easily understood by users 2
Eurostat’s indicators of gender equality

3. List of indicators - domains
Education
Labour market
Earnings and social inclusion
Child care
Health 3
Eurostat’s indicators of gender equality

4. List of indicators - labour market
Employment rates by highest level of education attained 
Employment by economic activity
Self-employment
Persons employed part-time
Temporary employees
Unemployment
Long-term unemployment 4
Eurostat’s indicators of gender equality

5. Example of an indicator on labour market5
Eurostat’s indicators of gender equality

6. Unemployment rates by gender in EU-27, January 2000 - January 20126
Eurostat’s indicators of gender equality

7. Eurostat’s website Internet: www.ec.europa.eu/eurostat 7
Eurostat’s indicators of gender equality