Press release No. 075 of 7 March 2016
WIESBADEN – In 2014, 29% of the executive positions in Germany were held by women. Compared with the previous two years, the proportion remained nearly unchanged. This is reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) to coincide with the International Women's Day on 8 March. In this context, Germany ranked in the lower third of all Member States of the European Union (EU). On an EU average, roughly one in three executives was a woman (33%).
With a 44% proportion of female executives, Latvia topped the EU list. Relatively high proportions were also recorded in Hungary (40%), Poland and Lithuania (39% each). With just 17%, Cyprus was at the bottom of the list.