Gender inequality in the economy is evident across Europe. It appears in many areas, including employment, labour participation, and pay. A key driver of this gap is unpaid work. In OECD countries, women do nearly twice as much unpaid work as men each day.
In 23 European countries, women do on average 86% more unpaid work than men, a little less than double. More concretely, women spend 262 minutes per day on unpaid work, while men spend 141 minutes. This corresponds to a gap of 121 minutes , two hours each day.
