Greece is at the bottom of the list in the European Union regarding the gender equality. According to European Commission report Gender Equality Index 2019, Greece has scored 51. 2points, when the most-gender-equal societies like Sweden and Denmark have 83.6 points and 77.5 points respectively.
Together with Hungary ((51.9 points), Greece is at the bottom of the lndex.
The Gender Equality Index 2019 is out!
It measures the progress of gender equality in the EU in six core domains: work, money, knowledge, time, power and health.
See detailed results for each EU country here → https://t.co/d3YNxiatqN #EIGEIndex pic.twitter.com/egLXCLZhux— European Commission 🇪🇺 (@EU_Commission) October 15, 2019
Progress in gender equality in European Union since 2005
The European Union has been moving towards gender equality at a snail’s pace. With a Gender Equality Index score of 67.4 out of 100, the EU still has a lot of room for improvement. Since 2005, the EU’s score has increased by only 5.4 points (+ 1.2 points since 2015).
The EU is closest to gender equality in the domains of health (88.1 points) and money (80.4 points). Gender inequalities are most worrying in the domain of power (51.9 points). Nevertheless, the score in this domain has improved the most since 2005 (+ 13 points), due to progress in nearly every Member State.
Although the EU has progressed towards gender equality, developments are uneven between Member States. Sweden (83.6 points) and Denmark (77.5 points) are consistently the most gender-equal societies. Greece (51.2 points) and Hungary (51.9 points) have the longest way to go. Italy and Cyprus have improved the most (+ 13.8 points and + 10.4 points), while Lithuania is the only country not to have made any progress in gender equality since 2005. In some domains, progress has slowed, stalled or even regressed. We are still far from the finish line.
The Gender Equality Index is a composite indicator that measures the complex concept of gender equality and, based on the EU policy framework, assists in monitoring progress of gender equality across the EU over time.
