# Women's pay as a share of men's: Sweden

> Women's pay as a share of men's in Sweden was 82.6 % (2025).

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 82.6 % |
| Period | 2025 (2025) |
| Change vs a year earlier | +0.3 percentage points |
| Frequency | year |

## Definition

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.

## Recent periods

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 82.6 |
| 2024 | 82.3 |
| 2023 | 82.2 |
| 2022 | 82.8 |
| 2021 | 82.2 |
| 2020 | 82.1 |
| 2019 | 81.2 |
| 2018 | 80.0 |
| 2017 | 79.4 |
| 2016 | 78.9 |
| 2015 | 77.7 |
| 2014 | 76.4 |

## Checks

Status: verified, 2026-10-31
- ok: range: latest 2025 = 82.59259259259259259259259259, allowed 70..100
- ok: fresh: latest 2025 ends 304 days ago, max 600

## Source and use

Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB4187, processed by SwedenMetrics. Calculation: SwedenMetrics.

Data licence: CC0. Feel free to cite with a link to the page.

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