GUS: women constitute 44.5% of the workforce

According to the Central Statistics Office GUS data, at end-Q3 last year, out of 16.5 million people in the workforce, 44.5 percent were women. The most “feminized” is health care and social care, where 81.7 percent of employees are female. Other sectors with a high percentage of female workers include education (78.6 percent), gastronomy and hospitality (70.1 percent), and financial and insurance sector (63.9 percent). GUS added that the so-called employment rate which shows what proportion of the population aged between 15 and 64 is working professionally among women was at 46.1 percent, with 4.9 percent unemployment rate. The highest number of working women is between 35 and 44 years 2.11 million. Followed by the 45-54 years old demographics where 1.71 million females are professionals. Just over 1 million working women are between 30-34 years old.