In some countries, the value of unpaid care work exceeds 40% of GDP.

Omissions

• The claim drops the conditional/hypothetical framing present in the original Polish text ('Gdyby wycenić tę pracę... przekraczałaby' — 'If this work were valued... it would exceed'). UN Women and ILO sources explicitly frame this as a hypothetical valuation, not an actual GDP component.
• No specific countries or time period are mentioned, making the geographic scope ('some countries') impossible to verify precisely. The ILO and UN Women do not publicly name which specific countries exceed 40%.
• The valuation methodology matters: estimates vary depending on whether unpaid care work is valued at minimum wage, replacement wage, or opportunity cost. The ILO's range across countries spans from approximately 10% to over 40% of GDP, meaning the 40% figure represents the upper bound.
• UN Women's framing refers specifically to 'women's unpaid work,' not all unpaid care work — though in practice women perform the vast majority of unpaid care work globally.

Sources

• PrimaryUN WomenIf women's unpaid work were given a monetary value, it would exceed 40 per cent of GDP in some countries – that is more than entire sectors like manufacturing, transport, and technology.
• PrimaryILOSTAT (International Labour Organization)Unpaid domestic and care work would equal a substantial portion of global GDP if given an equivalent monetary value, exceeding 40% in some countries based on conservative estimates.
• PrimaryILO — Decent Work and the Care EconomyIf unpaid care work was given an equivalent monetary value, it would exceed 40 per cent of GDP in some countries, such as Australia.
• SecondaryOntario Pay Equity Office (citing ILO)The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that unpaid care and domestic work by country is valued to be 10–39% of GDP.