The data shows imports forecasts from the EIGE (2017) study on the "Economic Benefits of Gender Equality in the European Union".
Imports of goods and services are goods which add to the stock of material resources of a country by entering its statistical territory (typically its economic territory).
Import values are at constant 2014 prices, i.e. they are expressed in terms of the price level of the base year 2014.
The figures for each year are the percentage differences between the imports forecasted under each scenario and the imports forecasted under the baseline scenario.
The baseline scenario assumes that no additional improvements in gender equality will be achieved beyond what could be expected based on recent historical trends.
The data is presented according to five pathways. The term ‘pathway’ refers to a certain gender inequality, for which at least a theoretical link to macroeconomic performance has been established in the literature. For each pathway there is a 'slow progress scenario' and 'rapid progress scenario'.
For further methodological details, users are advised to consult the following resources available on EIGE's website:
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 |