Globally, women on average reach retirement with just 74% of the assets than men. The difference between the countries included in the analysis globally ranges from 60% in the worst case (Nigeria) to 90% in the best (South Korea). This is the finding of WTW's "Global Gender Wealth Equity 2022" study, which also shows that the retirement gap between genders increases with seniority level. At retirement, women in senior and leadership roles achieve only 62% of the wealth accumulated by male peers. For mid-level professional and technical roles, the gap is still substantial (69%), but it narrows significantly (89%) for operational and support roles. The same trend is reflected in Italy with the respective percentages: 61% (leadership), 72% (professional and technical) and 93% (operational). Overall, Europe had the least severe average economic gap of all continents: women accumulate just over three-quarters, or 77%, of men's level of wealth at retirement. Italy, at 76%, records a gender gap in line with the average in Europe, and better than the global average of 74%. On the European continent, Spain scores the highest (86%) and the Netherlands the lowest (70%). As for other countries in the world, the gender gap in the United States (75%) is just above the global average, while Canada scores slightly better (78%). Nigeria has the highest gender wealth gap in the study (60%), followed by Argentina (61%), Mexico and Turkey (63%).
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