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EVA: Share of women in leadership positions at an all-time high in Finland

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FINNISH Business and Policy Forum (EVA) in February reported that the representation of women in the upper and middle management of companies, administration and organisations crept up by 0.7 percentage points to 37.5 per cent between 2019 and 2020. The representation is at an

37.5 %
Women in upper/middle management, Finland (2020) (2020)
0.7 pp
Increase in share, 2019–2020 (2019–2020)
40 %
Lower threshold considered for equality
46.2 %
Women in leadership, Latvia
43.1 %
Women in leadership, Sweden
42.4 %
Women in leadership, Bulgaria
42.3 %
Women in leadership, United States
41.4 %
Women in leadership, Poland
38.6 %
Women in leadership, Iceland
33.6 %
OECD average, women in upper/middle management
34.1 %
Women in leadership, Finland (2016) (2016)
31.4 %
Women in leadership, Finland (2017) (2017)
EVA: Share of women in leadership positions at an all-time high in Finland

Details

Promoter
Aleksi Teivainen (Helsinki times) — website
Power domain
Political Power
Methods / tools
Monitoring
Region (NUTS)
FI1B
Keywords
gender equality, leadership positions, comparative report

Context

The Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA) monitors the representation of women in the upper and middle management of Finnish companies, administration and organisations, tracking the share over time against international benchmarks.

Results

Between 2019 and 2020, women's representation in upper and middle management crept up by 0.7 percentage points to 37.5%, an all-time high, approaching the 40% level considered a lower threshold for equality. Finland continues to trail Latvia (46.2%), Sweden (43.1%), Bulgaria (42.4%), the United States (42.3%), Poland (41.4%) and Iceland (38.6%); the OECD average, per ILOSTAT (ILO), stood at 33.6%.

Conclusions

Progress in Finland has not been steady: the share of women in leadership positions decreased five times over the preceding decade, most recently falling from 34.1% to 31.4% between 2016 and 2017. The rise of women into leadership positions has been more consistent in Sweden than in Finland.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)

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