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Recently published data from Eurostat showed that in 2021, 5.2 million women and 3.6 million men between the ages of 15 and 74 in the European Union reported feeling discriminated against at work.
The difference between these two numbers is mainly due to the difference in the number of those who reported feeling discriminated against on the basis of sex: 0.2 million men versus 1.6 million women.

Results of the Labor Force Survey (EU-LFS) carried out in 2021 indicate that the proportion of employees who report discrimination at work varies by country of birth.
  The highest percentages of both men (7.7%) and women (8.8%) feeling discrimination at work were recorded among those born in a non-EU country, followed by those born in another EU country (5.4% for men and 7.5% for women). By contrast, the percentages of employees born in the reporting country feeling discriminated against at work were significantly lower: 3.2% for men and 5.8% for women.
In absolute terms, this means that 618,200 men and 564,600 women born in a non-EU country and 193,500 men and 256,200 women born in another EU country reported feeling discriminated against in their work.

This information comes from data on the labor market situation of immigrants and their immediate descendants published by Eurostat. The article presents a set of findings taken from the more detailed article on Statistics on Discrimination.
The main reason for discrimination against employees born in a country outside the EU or another European country was their foreign origin. Men born in a non-EU country who reported discrimination for this reason had a higher proportion of women, 6.0% compared to 5.0%. In absolute numbers, this means that 481,700 men and 322,800 women born in a country outside the European Union reported feeling discriminated against at work because of their foreign origin.
At the same time, the proportion of women born in another EU country reported discrimination because of their foreign origin was slightly higher than men (3.4% versus 3.2%, or 115,900 women versus 114,800 men). Moreover, the overall proportion of women who reported experiencing employment discrimination was higher than that of men regardless of country of birth; This is mainly due to the percentage of women who report discrimination on the basis of sex.

Among men and women from a non-EU country or another EU country, there were no data available about working people who reported age or disability discrimination.

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