The gender pay gap in the European Union is 10%.

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The claim states the gender pay gap is 10%, but the most recent Eurostat data (2024) records it at 11.1%. Even the 2023 figure was 12%. The gap has not yet reached 10%.

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• The MEP did not specify which year or which metric of the gender pay gap she was referring to. The most recent official data available before the session date (2024, published by Eurostat) shows the unadjusted gender pay gap at 11.1%, not 10%.
• The claim rounds the figure down by 1.1 percentage points, understating the actual gap. The gender pay gap has never been as low as 10% in EU-wide official statistics; the lowest recorded was 11.1% in 2024.

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat — Gender pay gap statisticsIn 2024, the average unadjusted gender pay gap in the EU was 11.1%.
• PrimaryEuropean Commission — The gender pay gap situation in the EUThe gender pay gap in the EU stands at 12% in 2023 and has only changed minimally over the last decade. It means that women earn 12.0% on average less per hour than men.
• SecondaryCouncil of the EU — The EU's gender pay gap: facts and figuresThe gender pay gap decreased slightly from 16.2% to 11.1% in the period between 2011 and 2024.