Women in Belgium
| General Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Maternal mortality (per 100,000) | 8 (2010) |
| Women in parliament | 38.9% (2013) |
| Women over 25 with secondary education | 77.5% (2012) |
| Women in labour force | 61.7% (employment rate OECD definition, 2019) |
| Gender Inequality Index | |
| Value | 0.048 (2021) |
| Rank | 10th out of 191 |
| Global Gender Gap Index | |
| Value | 0.793 (2022) |
| Rank | 14th out of 146 |
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Women in Belgium are European women who live in or are from Belgium. Generation after generation, Belgian women are able to close the "occupational gender gap". In younger generations, this is due to the increasing availability of "part-time jobs in services" for women. In 1999, the average earnings of a Belgian woman was 91 percent of the salary of a Belgian man. When not doing part-time jobs, Belgian women still "do more of the domestic work", depending on the agreement between female and male partners.