PwC's annual Women in Work Index examines female labor-force participation and empowerment in 33 OECD nations, taking into account metrics such as the gender wage and employment gap, female full-time employment and unemployment rate, and labour force participation rate.

This year, Poland has once again been listed among the top ten countries for female employees. The first and second positions on the Index were invariably held by Nordic countries - Iceland and Sweden, both of which are acknowledged leaders in gender equality. New Zealand took third place in this year's standings, while Poland moved up from ninth to eighth place in 2018. With a 5% gender pay difference and a low unemployment rate, the Polish labor market appears appealing to female workers. According to the research, "since 2000, Luxembourg and Poland have made the greatest improvements on the Index." Luxembourg has risen 17 places while Poland has risen 11 places in the standings over the last two decades.

However, as observed in the PwC research, while gender equality in the workplace has improved, it is much too early to be complacent: "women in the OECD still confront considerable obstacles and inequities in the workplace." Poland, for example, has one of the OECD's lowest percentages of female labor force participation - only 63 percent, compared to Iceland's 87%. As a result, PwC has emphasized the need for economic empowerment for women once more:

Everyone has an interest in ensuring that women have equal chances in the workplace. The evidence is unequivocal. According to our Women in Work Index, increasing female labor-force participation throughout the OECD could enhance GDP by $6 trillion, while narrowing the gender pay gap could improve GDP by $2 trillion.