Indicator H2b measures the ratio of personnel resources available to the designated body for the promotion of equal treatment of women and men to the population size of the Member State. The number of employees is given in person-years, meaning fulltime, year-round employment excluding all project personnel that do not receive funding from the state budget. In case of independent bodies covering equal treatment on several grounds, one of which is sex, an estimate of the number of employees solely in charge of combating discrimination on grounds of sex was requested.
The indicator is the ratio of employees per population (million) in each EU Member State. It is reported both in absolute terms and as deviation from the median.
The data collection process started in 2005 with the Finnish Presidency (with the exception of staff training); it was repeated in 2013 (with reference period 31 December 2012), and in 2019 (with reference date 31 December 2018). The data collection can be repeated in subsequent years, based on the methodology provided in the EIGE 2019 report, Annex I.
The results for 2005, 2012 and 2018 are comparable to a limited degree over time. This is because the methodology to collect data has changed slightly over time, putting more weight on assessment by independent experts rather than self-assessment by the government where possible. The values should be interpreted with caution, as they present the situation at different points in time, and the specific reasons for changes between these years are not reviewed in detail.
Notes: BG, HR and RO were not included in the Finnish Presidency survey and therefore data for 2005 are not available; for 2012: the independent body is the same as governmental body for BE and MT, but the personnel resources are separated for BE; data on personal resources are not available in BG, DE, EE, IE, FR, LT, LU, HU, MT, NL, AT, RO, SI, SK, SE; for DE the number represents only the Federal Equality Body (Antidiskriminierungsstelle des Bundes). Independent equality bodies also exist in some of Federal States (Laender) which were not considered.); an independent body for gender equality does not exist in IT.
Available flags:
| b | break in time series | c | confidential |
| d | definition differs, see metadata | e | estimated |
| f | forecast | i | see metadata |
| m | imputed | n | not significant |
| p | provisional | r | revised |
| s | Eurostat estimate | u | low reliability |
| x | dropped due to insufficient sample size | y | unreliable due to small sample size |
| z | not applicable |