Gender in numbers
Barcelona City Council makes available to citizens an exhaustive range of data in different areas to learn in detail and rigorously about the living conditions of women in the city, as well as the existing situations of gender inequality.
Gender data by areas
This collection is based on the Gender in Figures Report. You can consult the data from the various areas below:
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Sociodemographic profile
Main characteristics of women and men living in Barcelona: age, household structure, origin, etc.
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Occupations
Current structure of the labor market based on data on activity, employment, unemployment, quality of employment, wages, etc., which highlights the labor reality of women compared to men.
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Domestic and care work
Home maintenance tasks and care for dependent people. A crucial job, traditionally carried out by women, practically alone, and little valued socially and economically.
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Feminization of poverty: income and housing
Data on the multiple dimensions of poverty that shape the way in which women suffer from precariousness, vulnerability and exclusion in a differential way.
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Health
Gender is relevant in the health status of women and men: life expectancy, health status, healthy habits, sexual and reproductive health, etc.
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Education
Beyond access to education and the level of instruction, to identify the existence of gender inequalities in the educational field, the composition of non-compulsory studies by branch and by sex is observed.
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Culture and collective memory
Women play an active and key role in cultural activity in the city that needs to be known and recognized. At the same time, the recovery of historical memory is especially important to make visible the contributions of women in our society.
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Lives free from gender violence
Gender-based violence is a key component of gender discrimination and a serious expression of the structural inequality that exists between men and women.
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Urban space and environment
The neighborhoods and city of Barcelona have very specific characteristics that condition the lifestyles, health, and even freedom of the people who live there based on gender.
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Mobility
Differential mobility patterns between men and women: use of public and private transport, number and reason for trips, etc.