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Gender statistics refers to statistics that describe changes in society from a gender equality perspective. The statistics show the condition of women and men, girls and boys in a large number of areas.

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From classroom to career – women and men stuck in old patterns

2025-06-18

Young women and men tend to make different educational choices as early as in upper-secondary school. These differences are also visible in working life, where many occupations have a strong female or male predominance. Only a small percentage of women and men find themselves in sectors with an equal sex distribution.

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Women and men in Sweden 2020

Name	Type	Date
1. Population 2020	Excel file	2020-06-17
2. Health and social care 2020	Excel file	2020-06-17
3. Education 2020	Excel file	2020-06-17
4. Time use 2020	Excel file	2020-06-17
5. Parental insurance 2020	Excel file	2020-06-17
6. Gainful employment 2020	Excel file	2020-06-17
7. Wages salaries 2020	Excel file	2020-06-17
8. Income 2020	Excel file	2020-06-17
9. Crime 2020	Excel file	2020-06-17
10. Influence and power 2020	Excel file	2020-06-17

Women and men in Sweden 2018

Name	Type	Date
1. Population 2018	Excel file	2018-06-28
2. Health and social care 2018	Excel file	2018-06-28
3. Education 2018	Excel file	2018-06-28
4. Time use 2018	Excel file	2018-06-28
5. Parental insurance 2018	Excel file	2018-06-28
6. Gainful employment 2018	Excel file	2018-06-28
7. Wages salaries 2018	Excel file	2018-06-28
8. Income 2018	Excel file	2018-06-28
9. Crime 2018	Excel file	2018-06-28
10. Influence and power 2018	Excel file	2018-06-28

Women and men in Sweden 2016

Name	Type	Date
1. Population 2016	Excel file	2018-09-05
2. Health and social care 2016	Excel file	2018-09-05
3. Education 2016	Excel file	2018-09-05
4. Time use 2016	Excel file	2018-09-05
5. Parental insurance 2016	Excel file	2018-09-05
6. Gainful employment 2016	Excel file	2018-09-05
7. Wages salaries 2016	Excel file	2018-09-05
8. Income 2016	Excel file	2018-09-05
9. Crime 2016	Excel file	2018-09-05
10. Influence and power 2016	Excel file	2018-09-05

Publications

Title	Language	Type	Date
Women and men in Sweden – Facts and figures 2024	English	Report	2025-05-28
Economic gender equality among women and men with disabilities	Swedish	Report	2024-12-17
Women and men in Sweden - Facts and figures 2024	Swedish	Report	2024-11-05
Economic gender equality among women and men with disabilities – An interim report	Swedish	Report	2024-01-31
Statistics disaggregated by sex – a report from a government assignment	Swedish	Report	2023-02-22
Women and men in Sweden - facts and figures 2022	Swedish with elements of English	Report	2022-06-21
Women and men in Sweden - facts and figures 2022	English	Report	2022-06-21
Women and men in Sweden. Facts and figures 2020	English	Report	2020-06-17
Women and men in Sweden. Facts and figures 2020	Swedish	Report	2020-06-17
Women and men in Sweden. Facts and figures 2018	Swedish	Report	2018-06-28
Women and men in Sweden. Facts and figures 2018	English	Report	2018-06-28
Women and men in Sweden – Facts and figures 2016	Swedish	Report	2016-07-04
Women and men in Sweden – Facts and figures 2016	English	Report	2016-07-04
Women and men in Sweden – Facts and figures 2014	Swedish	Report	2014-07-03
Women and men in Sweden – Facts and figures 2014	English	Report	2014-07-03
Women and men in enterprise 2013	Swedish	Report	2013-12-11
Women and men in Sweden – Facts and figures 2012	Swedish	Report	2012-11-06
Women and men in Sweden – Facts and figures 2012	English	Report	2012-11-06
Women and men in Sweden – Facts and figures 2010	Swedish	Report	2010-07-06
Women and men in Sweden – Facts and figures 2010	English	Report	2010-07-06
Women and men in Sweden – Facts and figures 2008	Swedish	Report	2008-08-28
Women and men in Sweden – Facts and figures 2008	English	Report	2008-08-28
Women and men in Sweden – Facts and figures 2006	Swedish	Report	2006-10-18
Women and men in Sweden – Facts and figures 2006	English	Report	2006-10-18

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