Gender equality is improving in the EU, but the pension gap persists
Euronews · 29 days ago
Euronews
29 days ago
There's a gap between men's and women's pensions across the EU, both in the average and median amounts received.
Breakdown
- Gender equality is improving in the EU, but full equality is still decades away 13s
- In 2024, women aged 65+ in the EU received pensions 25% lower than men 28s
- Malta had the largest pension gender gap; Estonia had the smallest 33s
- Estonia's median pension gap slightly favored women over men 1m 5s
- Older women face higher poverty risk than men in 22 EU countries 1m 15s