Gender in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 20 indicators covering gender for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income). IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force, female 36.28 million 2025 down 13.7% 41st Labor force, female, per capita 0.1433 units per person 2025 down 18.2% 38th Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 53.4% 32nd Labor force, female, annual growth rate 0.6952 % change on previous year 2025 down 48.5% 32nd Labor force, female, per square kilometre 5.97 units per square kilometre 2023 down 14.8% 37th Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 156.5% 2025 up 37.8% 6th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 15.37 years 2019 up 16.0% 10th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 15.4 years 2019 up 16.9% 8th Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 16.9% 2025 up 40.7% 35th Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 10.5% 2016 down 15.5% 19th Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 15.9% 2016 down 3.2% 19th Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) 134.6% 2021 up 17.1% 7th Literacy rate, adult female 98.4% 2024 up 1.1% 5th Female migrants 52.7% 2020 down 4.0% 3rd Time-related underemployment, female 3.5% 2017 down 4.7% 8th Time-related underemployment, male 2.5% 2017 down 14.9% 8th Rural population, female 20.2% 2015 down 5.3% 33rd Rural population, male 19.5% 2015 down 4.7% 35th Urban population, female 31.4% 2015 up 3.6% 13th Urban population, male 29.0% 2015 up 3.6% 16th