| Characteristic | Share of female soldiers |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 13.43% |
| 2022 | 13.21% |
| 2021 | 12.85% |
| 2020 | 12.55% |
| 2019 | 12.3% |
| 2018 | 12.1% |
| 2017 | 11.86% |
| 2016 | 11.29% |
| 2015 | 10.74% |
| 2014 | 10.36% |
| 2013 | 10.07% |
| 2012 | 9.65% |
| 2011² | 8.6% |
| 2010² | 9% |
| 2009 | 6.6% |
| 2008 | 6.31% |
| 2007 | 5.78% |
| 2006 | 4.9% |
| 2005 | 4.53% |
| 2004 | 3.88% |
| 2003 | 3.17% |
| 2002 | 2.55% |
| 2001 | 1.89% |
| 2000 | 1.43% |
| 1999 | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 1.19% |
| 1997 | 1.07% |
| 1996 | 0.92% |
| 1995 | 0.77% |
| 1992 | 0.22% |
| 1990 | 0.06% |
| 1985 | 0.02% |
| 1975¹ | 0% |
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Release date
March 2024
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Region
Germany
Survey time period
1975 to 2023
Supplementary notes
¹ In 1975, 5 of 486,206 soldiers were female; this amounted to a share of 0,001 percent, therefore the figure was rounded in the statistic.
Figures were calculated based on absolute numbers. Figures preceding 2006 were retrieved from the following report by the Bundeswehr Institute for Social Sciences: 'Truppenbild mit Dame. Eine sozialwissenschaftliche Begleituntersuchung zur Integration von Frauen in die Bundeswehr', page 12. Figures from 2007 onwards were retrieved from respective .
² Figures were rounded in the source material.
Figures refer to December 31 of each year.
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