The 9 most expensive major countries in Europe to be a mother

There are a number of countries across Europe that boast high incomes, standards of living, and life satisfaction overall.

However, when you drill down whether there is a gap between the take home pay and living cost burdens between genders, the data tells a different story.

Glassdoor Economic Research, with the help of Llewellyn Consulting, just published a report entitled "Which Countries in Europe Have the Best Gender Equality in the Workplace?" and it found that the pay gap widened significantly in some countries once a woman gave birth and started raising at least one child.

The group said it looked at the "overarching 'unadjusted' pay gap, the economic cost of motherhood - the increase in the gender pay gap accounted for by the presence of children" and found that "social and family structures in effect tend to penalise women with children."

In fact, it showed that in some countries the pay gap widened so much, it made it incredible expensive to be a mother.

Business Insider took a look at the 9 countries that have the highest cost of motherhood in Europe: