SE · 2024 · tesem060

Gender employment gap

Sweden, 2024

Gender employment gap
8.00
Sweden, 2024
▼ 14.9% vs 2023 (9.40)
Analysis

In 2024, Sweden's gender employment gap decreased by 14.9% compared to 2023, reaching 8.00.

Sweden accounts for 40.0% of the EU-27 total of 20.0.

Sweden ranks 23rd 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 23.1% (from 10.4 in 2019).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2024
#23 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2024
40.0%
EU-27: 20.0
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