Women earn one fifth less than men in Slovakia

The gender pay gap is one of the biggest in the EU.

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The gap between the salaries of men and women remains a reality in the Slovak labour market.

Slovak women earn on average one fifth less than men, shows an analysis by Poštová Banka bank, based on Eurostat data.

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Only five other EU countries display more significant differences than Slovakia: the biggest gap is in Estonia, where women earn 25 percent less than men on average. Czech Republic ranks second, with a gap of 22 percent.

On the other end of the scale is Romania, where the salary gap is merely 5.2 percent based on statistics. A similar situation is in Italy where women earn 5.3 percent less than men.

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