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Participation in education in Sweden from 2011 to 2021, by gender

Characteristic	Women	Men
2021	657,470	507,272
2020	664,190	520,690
2019	617,336	494,875
2018	604,438	490,297
2017	584,997	486,530
2016	570,809	474,798
2015	561,302	463,433
2014	571,107	466,541
2013	569,520	459,404
2012	562,679	447,981
2011	576,788	455,924

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December 2022

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Region

Sweden

Survey time period

2011 to 2021

Age group

16-74 years

Supplementary notes

Numbers refer to autumn term.

The numbers has been rounded from their source.

Numbers do not include 'non-students'.

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In Sweden, the number of students participating in different types of education remained stable for both genders during the first half of the last decade, but has increased steadily since 2015. Furthermore, there are far more women participating in education in Sweden than men, 657,000 and 507,000, respectively. In 2021, a total of 1.2 million people participated in education in Sweden.

Women dominate higher education

The main reason behind the high number of women in education is that they dominate in higher education in terms of number of students. Almost 234,000 students in higher education are women, compared to 149,000 men. Furthermore, there are more women in the group 'other students' and in adult education as well.

Youth the largest age group

In 2021, youth between 16 and 18 years of age made up the largest age group in education in Sweden with above 337,000. In higher education, students between 20 and 24 made up the largest age group.