The Gender Statistics Database (GSD) of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) contains data on the numbers of women and men in key decision-making (WMID) positions across a number of different life domains. Data may cover international, European, national, regional and local levels and currently include 38 European countries. The GSD aims to provide reliable statistics that can be used to monitor the current situation and trends over time.
The domains covered include politics, public administration, judiciary, business and finance, social partners and NGOs, environment, media, science and research, sports, transport, COVID-19 and EU funding. The decision-making positions covered are specific to each area.
A decision-making position is a position from which it is possible to take or influence a decision:
The EU funding domain includes statistics on women and men in key decision-making positions related to EU funds at national and European level. Data on EU funding decision-making at the national level cover committee/body responsible for drawing up the national plan for the respective fund in each country.
Organisations covered:
Positions covered:
Mapping tables:
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 |