According to a survey from 2021, more females than males believed that closing the gender pay gap is important and should be one of our top priorities right now. This was stated by 41 percent of the female respondents, compared to 31 percent of the male respondents. Furthermore, 11 percent of the males expressed that closing the gender gap is not important, which was over twice as many as the female respondents.
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Do you think closing the gender pay gap is important?
The sample consists of
approximately 1,000 individuals in
each of Australia, Belgium, Brazil,
Canada, mainland China, France,
Germany, Great Britain, Italy,
Japan, Spain, and the U.S., and
500 individuals in each of
Argentina, Chile, Hungary, Hong
Kong, India, Israel, Malaysia,
Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru,
Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia,
South Africa, South Korea,
Sweden, and Turkey
The samples in Argentina,
Australia, Belgium, Canada,
France, Germany, Great Britain,
Hungary, Italy, Japan, the
Netherlands, Poland, South
Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the
U.S. can be taken as
representative of their general
adult population under the age of
75.
The samples in Brazil, Chile,
mainland China, India, Israel,
Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Russia,
Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and
Turkey are more urban, more
educated, and/or more affluent
than the general population. The
survey results for these markets
should be viewed as reflecting the
views of the more “connected”
segment of their population.
The data is weighted so that each
country’s sample composition
best reflects the demographic
profile of the adult population
according to the most recent
census data.
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Ipsos. (March 8, 2021). Do you think closing the gender pay gap is important? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1219787/perceived-importance-of-gender-pay-gap-worldwide-by-gender/
Ipsos. "Do you think closing the gender pay gap is important?." Chart. March 8, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1219787/perceived-importance-of-gender-pay-gap-worldwide-by-gender/
Ipsos. (2021). Do you think closing the gender pay gap is important?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1219787/perceived-importance-of-gender-pay-gap-worldwide-by-gender/
Ipsos. "Do You Think Closing The Gender Pay Gap Is Important?." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1219787/perceived-importance-of-gender-pay-gap-worldwide-by-gender/
Ipsos, Do you think closing the gender pay gap is important? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1219787/perceived-importance-of-gender-pay-gap-worldwide-by-gender/ (last visited June 28, 2025)
Do you think closing the gender pay gap is important? [Graph], Ipsos, March 8, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1219787/perceived-importance-of-gender-pay-gap-worldwide-by-gender/