Women perform 75% of unpaid care work in the European Union.

Omissions

• No primary EU source explicitly confirming '75%' was found in the search results. The EIGE Gender Equality Index 2025 and Eurofound publications document the gender gap qualitatively but the exact percentage could not be extracted.
• The ILO global figure of 76.2% (2018) is frequently cited by EU institutions and is very close to the claimed 75%, but it is not EU-specific. If the MEP was relying on this global estimate, that context was omitted.
• The EPC article citing 76% refers to women's share of formal care workers, not unpaid care — a distinct metric that could mislead if conflated.
• Two independent primary sources confirming the exact 75% figure for the EU could not be located within the search limit.

Sources

• PrimaryEIGE — Gender Equality Index 2025: European UnionWomen still spend considerably more time on unpaid care and domestic work than men, leaving them less time for social and recreational activities. The page confirms persistent gender gaps in unpaid care but does not provide a single percentage figure for women's share of total unpaid care work in the search-accessible content.
• PrimaryEurofound — Unpaid care in the EUNearly half (45%) of the EU population provides unpaid care. Ten per cent of people balance multiple caring responsibilities simultaneously. The publication does not provide a gender-based percentage breakdown in the search-accessible snippet.
• SecondaryEuropean Policy Centre (EPC) — Gender equality: Who cares?Women account for 76% of the 49 million care workers in the EU. This figure refers to formal care workers, not unpaid care work, and is therefore a different metric from the one claimed.