March 6 (BTA) - More than 6.7 million people in the EU work in management positions, of which 4.3 million (63 per cent) are men and 2.5 million (37 per cent) are women, Eurostat reports.

Latvia is the European country with the highest proportion of women in management positions (53 per cent).

Bulgaria ranks second with 49 per cent, followed by Poland (48 per cent), Estonia (46 per cent), Slovenia (44 per cent), Lithuania, Hungary and Sweden (42 per cent each), Ireland (41 per cent) and Portugal (40 per cent).

The fewest women on in executive jobs are in Cyprus (19 per cent), Luxembourg (23 per cent), Denmark (27 per cent), Italy (28 per cent), the Netherlands (29 per cent), the Czech Republic and Germany (31 per cent), and in Greece, Croatia, Malta and Austria (32 per cent each).

At a pan-European level, just over one-third of managers (37 per cent) are women, a slight increase from 36 per cent in 2012.

The number of female board members of the largest listed companies is highest in France (45 per cent), Sweden (38 per cent), Belgium, Germany and Italy (36 per cent each), the Netherlands and Finland. (34 per cent each). This indicators is lowest in Estonia and Cyprus (9 per cent), Greece and Malta (10 per cent), Lithuania (12 per cent), Luxembourg, Hungary and Romania (13 per cent), Czech Republic and Bulgaria (19 per cent).

The highest number of women in senior executive position are in Romania (34 per cent), Estonia (33 per cent), Lithuania (30 per cent) and Latvia (29 per cent). In Bulgaria and Slovenia, they are 27 per cent and in Sweden - 24 per cent.

Most women head companies in Luxembourg (6 per cent) and Austria (8 per cent), followed by the Czech Republic (11 per cent), Croatia and Italy (12 per cent each). NV/DT



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