Gender employment gap by degree of urbanisation

In 2025, Sweden's gender employment gap by degree of urbanisation decreased by 2.5% compared to 2024, reaching 11.7.

Sweden accounts for 40.6% of the EU-27 total of 28.8.

Sweden ranks 23rd out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 20.4% (from 14.7 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm230, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.