The gender wage gap in Malta was the second lowest in the EU, according to data issued by Eurostat.

Quoting 2014 figures, it said the gender gap stood at 16.1% in the EU.

It ranged from less than 5% in Slovenia and Malta to more than 20% in Estonia, Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Slovakia.

In 2014, a fifth of women in the EU aged 25 to 49 and without children were working part time compared to one in 12 of men.

The gap widened with the number of children - almost half of women with at least three children were working part-time compared to 7.0% for men in the same situation. 

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:
Please select at least one mailing list.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.