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Gender Pay Gap in Estonia

With a gap of 29.9 per cent (2013), Estonia has the highest gender pay gap among the member states of the European Union. Furthermore, the gender pay gap remains relatively stable at a high level.

Equal Pay Day in Estonia

Equal Pay Day 2016

On April 21, 2016, the Equal Pay Day in Estonia will be celebrated. Restaurants offer their meals with and without dill. The meals with dill are 29,9 per cent more expensive than the ones without dill. Using or not using dill originates in a wordplay with the Estonian word for dill.

Information on the Equal Pay Day campaign can be found here.

Equal Pay Day 2015

The Equal Pay Day has been held on April 25, 2015. The main theme of the activities related to young parents and how they can reconciliate their career and family life. On the EPD, restaurants offered their dishes with special ingredients 29.9 per cent pricier than without. Certain restaurants also offered the "soup for working women" and shops joined the activities with a special discount rate at 29.9 per cent for women on the EPD.

Related Links

Equal Pay Day in Estonia

BPW Estonia

European Commission: Exchange of good practices on gender equality - discussion paper Estonia

European Commission: The gender pay gap in the European Union - Infographic

European Commission: The gender pay gap in Estonia

Gender Wage Watchers: Fact Sheet - Gender Pay Gap in Estonia