3
mars
2026

EU gender-based violence survey - Evidence for policy and practice

Violence against women remains widespread in the European Union (EU). This joint report by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) presents detailed findings from the EU gender-based violence survey. It offers in-depth analysis of the scale, nature and drivers of violence and exposes the structural gender inequality. Building on the 2024 publication, EU gender-based violence survey - Key results, and following up on FRA’s 2014 report, Violence against women: an EU-wide survey, this report tracks trends over the last decade across the EU. Eurostat, FRA, and EIGE jointly conducted the survey. It is based on over 100,000 interviews covering all 27 EU Member States.
Overview

In this report:

  • Why is this survey needed?
  • Survey in a nutshell
  1. Physical and sexual violence against women - summary overview of it's prevalence in the EU
  2. Intimate partner violence - extent and forms
  3. Women who have experienced intimate partner violence - characteristics and vulnerability
  4. Impact and consequences of physical and /or sexual violence
  5. Reporting experiences of physical and/or sexual violence, contact with services, and awareness of access to support
  6. Sexual harassment
  7. Stalking
  8. Children and violence
  • Conclusion
Findings Q & A

This is a brief overview of the key findings from the in-depth analysis of the EU Gender-based Violence Survey – Evidence for Policy and Practice report published by FRA and EIGE. These results are based on the EU GBV survey, carried out by Eurostat, FRA and EIGE. For details on how the survey was carried out, see the survey methodology Q&A.

Methodology Q & A

This is a brief overview of how Eurostat-FRA-EIGE carried out the survey. Detailed results can be found on the Eurostat website.