SE · 2012 · tesem060

Gender employment gap

Sweden, 2012

Gender employment gap
10.6
Sweden, 2012
▼ 11.7% vs 2011 (12.0)
Analysis

In 2012, Sweden's gender employment gap decreased by 11.7% compared to 2011, reaching 10.6.

Sweden accounts for 44.9% of the EU-27 total of 23.6.

Sweden ranks 22nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 17.2% (from 12.8 in 2007).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem060, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2012
#22 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2012
44.9%
EU-27: 23.6
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