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Achieving gender equality on corporate boardrooms
Brussels 14 May 2019
EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database
is a one-stop source for gender statistics
and information on various aspects of (in)equality between
women and men
National data
| EU policies and strategies
| Thematic areas
| Gender Equality Index
| Beijing Platform for Action
|
Women and men in decision making
| Gender-based violence
EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database
Data cover main gender-related topics
You can browse the database using six predefined entry points or search function.
The purpose
OVERVIEWProvide a broad overview of statistics on gender.
1
MONITORMonitor whether equality is being achieved.
2
INFORMProvide information to support policy making process.
3
EIGE is now the primary source of data on decision-making in the EU
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
200920102011201220132014
2015 2016 20182017
Women in decision-making
National parliaments
National administrators
Judges of supreme courts
Board members of largest listed companies
National social partners: employer organisations
Environment and climate change
Public broadcasters
National academies of science
National sports federations
31.3%
36.8%
41.5%
26.7%
16.4%
24.0%
35.8%
21.6%
17.8%
How often are data on women and men in decision-making updated?
AnnuallyMost data
QuarterlyData on national
and European politics
BiannuallyData on large
companies
Largest listed companies
Positions covered
Board members:• President: Chairperson• Board members: All members of the highest decision-making
body
Executives and non-executives:• Executives: Senior executives in the two highest decision-
making bodies in a company. • Non-executives: Non-executive members of the two highest
decision-making bodies in a company, also including employee representatives
• CEOs: Chief Executive Officer or equivalent position.
Gender Statistics Database / Women and men in decision-making / Business and finance / Business
How many women and men are in corporate boardrooms?
Women account for just over a quarter of board members in the EU Member States – 27.7%
Only Member State above 40% women at board level
Source: EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database (April/2019)
FR
IT; SE; FI; BE; DE
At least a third of board members are women
MT; EE; LT Less than 10% of board members are women
Another 9 years to achieve gender balance in boardrooms
8.5%
11.9%
22.7%
27.7%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Slow progressbetween 2003-2010(0.5 pp/yr)
Accelerated progressbetween 2010-2015(2.2 pp/yr)
Significant slowdown in progress since 2015(1.4 pp/yr)
2010-2015 trend
Source: EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database (2019)
Women on company boards
Share of women on the boards of large companies across the EU has more than doubled since October 2010
11.9%
27.7%
2010
2019
Source: EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database (2019)
What could bring change?
Out of the six EU Member States that have introduced legislative gender quotas, four fulfilled the respective targets in boardrooms.
Legislativeaction
BE IT PT DE AT FR
What could bring change?
Source: EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database (April/2019)
Legislative gender quota targets: FR (40%), BE, IT & PT (33%), DE & AT (30%)
Legislative and other government action drives progress
Source: European Institute for Gender Equality, Gender Statistics Database (April/2019)
+15.8 pp
+26 pp
+13.3 pp
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Data show that
• The differences between action and inaction is striking.
• Countries that have contributed the most have achieved their legislative targets (FR, IT, DE).
• Change required in Member States with no-action.
Fewer women executives than non-executives
17.5% Member State senior executives are women
30.3%Share of women in non-executives in the EU
Sources: EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database, April/2019
What’s holding us back?
Source: EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database, April/2019
Less than a quarter of companies meet the Commission’s 40% target
Source: EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database, April/2019
Less than 1 in 10 companies has a female chair or CEO
7.0% Of CEOs are women
Source: EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database, April/2019
7.2% Women occupying board chair
EIGE’s research shows
Gender equality has strong, positive impacts on Gross Domestic Product (GDP)per capita which grow over time.
Source: EIGE, Economic Benefits of Gender Equality in the EU
World-wide research
Companies with higher representation of women at the most senior levels deliver better organizational and financial performance and achieve higher returns.
Source: Citywire Alpha Female 2018
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