SE · 2025 · tesem060
Gender employment gap
Sweden, 2025
Gender employment gap
7.80
Sweden, 2025
▼ 2.5% vs 2024 (8.00)
Analysis
In 2025, Sweden's gender employment gap decreased by 2.5% compared to 2024, reaching 7.80.
Sweden accounts for 40.6% of the EU-27 total of 19.2.
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 26.4% (from 10.6 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem060, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#23 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2025
40.6%
EU-27: 19.2
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem060