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Edition of 9 November 2026

N° 057 8 stories to take with you

Perspectives.

ITALY, THE WORLD AND NEW POSSIBILITIES

The glass is half full.
And someone is filling it.

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Moving forward.

THINGS CHANGE. ONE STORY AT A TIME.

Little Discoveries

A little more to discover.

Design · Philosophy · Plants · Curiosities · Words · Food · Cultures & peoples. Ideas worth a closer look.

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Original illustrations made with AI assistance. Facts and sources stay in plain sight.

A chart a day

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Six horizontal bars on a scale from 0 to 20 percentage points. Men’s minus women’s employment rates, people aged 20–64, 2025: Italy 19.1; Romania 18.7; Greece 17.4; Malta 12.4; European Union 9.6; Sweden 3.9. A selection, not a complete ranking.Enlarge the chart
Graphic by Positive Times · Eurostat data · Datobello selection by gaiaz

Employment: a gender gap

Data period
2025 · 20–64 anni / ages 20–64
Datobello chart dated

In 2025, the gap between men’s and women’s employment rates was 19.1 percentage points in Italy, 18.7 in Romania, 17.4 in Greece and 12.4 in Malta. It was 9.6 points in the European Union and 3.9 in Sweden. This chart compares six selected entries using the primary source’s decimal values; it does not show every country. [1]

The indicator covers people aged 20–64. For each sex, the rate divides employed people by the population in the same age group; the gap subtracts women’s rate from men’s rate. These are percentage points, not a pay difference or a ratio of the numbers of working men and women. The figure alone does not explain the causes. [2]

The data refer to 2025; the dataset was updated on 6 November 2026. Datobello’s gaiaz selected a comparison that also includes 2010 on 8 November; this adaptation shows only 2025. Graphic dated 9 November: no time comparison and no claim of progress. Adaptation and translations by Positive Times; Eurostat is not responsible for them. [1][3]

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  1. Gender employment gap — 2025, employed persons aged 20–64, percentage points (sdg_05_30) Eurostat · No publication date provided · Accessed
  2. Gender employment gap — indicator metadata Eurostat · Published · Accessed
  3. Oggi è l’Italia il paese europeo con più distanza fra donne e uomini al lavoro Datobello · gaiaz · Published · Accessed

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