The gender balance moved in favor of more female representation between 2021 and 2022 for the real estate industry, with each region showing upticks between almost 4 percent and 6 percent, according to the results of the Global Real Estate DEI Survey 2022, which represents 357,041 full-time employees; $2.34 trillion of assets under management (AUM); and a cross-section of the commercial real estate industry in terms of size, region and business classification.
Gender breakdown stats year-over-year:
In North America, women represented 42.5 percent of the workforce in 2022, up year-over-year from 41 percent.
Among organizations reporting for Europe, female representation increased by almost 4 percent in 2022, rising to 39.5 percent up from 38 percent in 2021.
In Asia Pacific, survey participants reported that women represented 50 percent of the workforce, up from 47 percent in 2021 — a 6.4 percent increase year-over-year.
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