UNICEF UK has reversed its gender pay gap, with women workers now earning 0.6% more than their male colleagues.

The gender pay gap at the charity had been 7.2% four years ago, before almost flatlining to 0.1% in 2024.

This is part of an improvement in pay gaps across ethnicity, disability and LGBTQIA+ at the charity, based on data from April 2025.

Its ethnicity gap is 8.7% after falling 3.5% since 2024, and its disability pay gap has almost halved from 10.1% in 2024 to 5.8% in 2025.

This is the second year UNICEF UK has reported on the LGBTQIA+ pay gap, which is 10.3%, down from 12.6% in 2024.

For the first time UNICEF UK has reported data on social economic background of its workers. It recorded a 0.5% pay gap between those who identify as being a professional or having a higher social economic background and those from an intermediate or working class background.

“We want to be as transparent as we can when it comes to pay gap reporting, and that’s why we analyse more than the standard minimum gender pay gap,” said UNICEF UK chief executive Philip Goodwin.

“We’re really pleased to see that pay gaps across all characteristics have reduced, but this isn’t job done.

He added: “There’s much more we need to achieve. Our priorities include increasing diversity in senior roles through targeted recruitment, ensuring access to learning, development and progression is fair and equitable and building awareness of power and privilege.”

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