Women majority in knowledge-intensive jobs
Women are the majority in EU knowledge-intensive service. Of the total 77.9 million employed in these jobs, 46.1 million are women and 31.8 million men, EU´s statistical service Eurostat said in a compilation published in connection with the Internal Women´s day on March 8Although women represent less than a half of all employed people in the EU (46%), they are in a majority in knowledge-intensive services (59%).
Across the EU, the share of women employed in knowledge-intensive services ranged from 50% in Malta and Luxembourg to 67% in Lithuania and Latvia in 2019.
At regional level, women accounted for the highest share of total employment in knowledge-intensive services in Central and Western Region in Lithuania (69%). This region was followed by Opolskie in Poland, Lower Normandy in France, South Finland and Swietokrzyskie in Poland – all with women accounting for 68% of employment in knowledge-intensive services.
At the other end of the scale, this share was the lowest in North Aegean (40%) in Greece, Spanish autonomous city Ceuta (41%) and two other regions in Greece: South Aegean and East Macedonia, Thrace (both 42%).
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