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In 2016, gender pay gap in Lithuania made 13.4%
Vilma Paciūnienė, Statistics Lithuania, 05.07.2017.
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Print versionStatistics Lithuania informs that in 2016 the gender pay gap in the whole economy1 excluding agriculture, forestry and fishing enterprises, stood at 13.4% and, against 2015, grew by 0.4 percentage points.
In 2016, the
largest gender pay gaps were recorded in enterprises engaged in financial and
insurance activities – 38.3, information and communication – 29.9, and human
health and social work activities – 26.6%.
The gender pay gap was influenced by social and economic rather than legal factors – number of men and women in a certain economic activity, their occupation, education, age, length of service, and other reasons.
The gap of the wages and salaries of women and men, according to the age of employees in 2015 and 2016
The indicator in the EU was 16.3% in 2015, down by 0.4 percentage points year-on-year.
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