Urban population, female in Euro area
Euro area: Urban population, female was 39.0% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Urban population, female in Euro area, 1980–2015
Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects. Measured in % of total.
Analysis
The most recent figure for urban population, female in Euro area is 39.0%, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, urban population, female in Euro area peaked at 39.0% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 36.1%, in 1980.
Euro area ranks 8th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Urban population, female in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 36.1% | — |
| 1985 | 36.5% | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 36.8% | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 37.1% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 37.5% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 38.0% | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 38.5% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 39.0% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 36.3% | 36.1% | 36.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 37.0% | 36.8% | 37.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 37.7% | 37.5% | 38.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 38.8% | 38.5% | 39.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
More gender data for Euro area
- Labor force, female 81.83 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.2281 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate -0.0473 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 28.76 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, female 0.0959 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, male 0.1756 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 97.9% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 17.23 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 16.65 years (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is urban population, female in Euro area?
- Urban population, female in Euro area was 39.0% in 2015, according to The United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects.
- What is the highest urban population, female recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 39.0% in 2015.
- What is the lowest urban population, female recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.1% in 1980.
- How does Euro area rank for urban population, female?
- Euro area ranks 8th out of 47 groups with data for 2015.
- Is urban population, female rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area data come from?
- The figures come from The United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects, published as part of Urban population, female (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Female urban population is the percentage of females who live in urban areas to total population.