Share of female workers by sector in Sweden
Sweden: Share of female workers by sector was 0.8771 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
0.8771
Change on year
down 3.3%
World rank
162nd
of 186 countries
All-time high
1.93
in 1992
All-time low
0.696
in 2019
Years of data
35
1991–2025
Share of female workers by sector in Sweden, 1991–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 0.8771 for share of female workers by sector in 2025.
The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female workers by sector in Sweden peaked at 1.93 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.696, in 2019.
That places Sweden 162nd out of 186 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.74 | 1.52 | 1.93 | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.08 | 0.8612 | 1.44 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9322 | 0.696 | 1.02 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.873 | 0.7651 | 1.01 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 159 Brunei Darussalam 0.9278 compare
- 160 Slovak Republic 0.9089 compare
- 161 Djibouti 0.8972 compare
- 163 Cyprus 0.8363 compare
- 164 French Polynesia 0.7818 compare
- 165 Barbados 0.7621 compare
More gender data for Sweden
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 1,663 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -1.5 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 47,810 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 50,483 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 48,381 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 51,112 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 50,315 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 53,236 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 54,852 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 57,789 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female workers by sector in Sweden?
- Share of female workers by sector in Sweden was 0.8771 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of female workers by sector recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 1.93 in 1992.
- What is the lowest share of female workers by sector recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.696 in 2019.
- How does Sweden rank for share of female workers by sector?
- Sweden ranks 162nd out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of female workers by sector rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share of female workers by sector. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).