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Women's pay as a share of men's / Sweden
Average monthly salary of women divided by that of men, in percent (all occupations). 100 means equal pay.
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Women's pay as a share of men's in Sweden was 82.6 % (2025).
0.28 percentage points
Compared with a year earlier
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Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB4187, processed by SwedenMetrics. Calculation: SwedenMetrics.
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Average monthly salary of women divided by that of men, in percent (all occupations). 100 means equal pay.
Raw difference across all occupations. The part left after adjusting for occupation, sector and age is smaller.
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Raw difference across all occupations. The part left after adjusting for occupation, sector and age is smaller.
latest 2025 = 82.59259259259259259259259259, allowed 70..100
latest 2025 ends 304 days ago, max 600
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Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB4187, processed by SwedenMetrics. Calculation: SwedenMetrics.
The figures behind the chart
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 82.59 |
| 2024 | 82.31 |
| 2023 | 82.2 |
| 2022 | 82.81 |
| 2021 | 82.19 |
| 2020 | 82.08 |
| 2019 | 81.25 |
| 2018 | 79.95 |
| 2017 | 79.36 |
| 2016 | 78.92 |
| 2015 | 77.73 |
| 2014 | 76.44 |
Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB4187, processed by SwedenMetrics. Calculation: SwedenMetrics.