European Diversity Month 2024

The month of May marks the European Diversity Month and thus it is a good opportunity to have a look at the Eurostat data on equality in the EU.

Did you know that:

• one-third of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduates are women?
• there is more than a 20 percentage point difference in employment between people with disabilities and those without?
• children of foreign-born parents are two times more likely to be at risk of poverty than those of native-born parents?

Find out this and more in our infographic:

To dig deeper into this topic, visit the updated thematic section on equality and non-discrimination that allows exploring various indicators by key equality dimensions. In the EU, 6 grounds for discrimination have been identified: sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, and sexual orientation. Eurostat has statistics on 4 out of the 6 grounds for discrimination.