The indicator shows the share of women in senior management positions in largest listed companies.

DATA DOWNLOAD
SiStat Database

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION
The indicator shows the share of women in senior management positions in largest listed companies. Data on largest listed companies cover the decision-making positions of the highest ranked nationally registered constituents (max. 50) of the blue-chip index of the national stock exchange in each country.

Included positions:

• Executives: senior executives in the two highest decision-making bodies in each company. The two highest decision-making bodies are usually referred to as the supervisory board and the management board (in case of a two-tier governance system) and the board of directors and executive/management committee (in a unitary system).

UNIT
Percentage

DATA SOURCE
European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
Publishing frequency: half-annually
Indicative date of publication: 1 month after the data collection
Link to data: EIGE (1), EIGE (2)

The data enable the display of distributions by: gender, position, sector

Link to methodological explanations: EIGE (1), EIGE (2)

LAST UPDATE OF THE METADATA
20 December 2023