In 2023, 13.43 percent of soldiers serving in the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) were female. Figures increased annually during the specified timeline. The graph shows the share of female soldiers serving in the German Federal Armed Forces between 1975 and 2023.
Share of female soldiers in the German Federal Armed Forces from 1975 to 2023
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 annual reports of the Armed Forces Commissioner.
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Deutscher Bundestag. (March 12, 2024). Share of female soldiers in the German Federal Armed Forces from 1975 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1279833/female-soldiers-share-german-federal-armed-forces/
Deutscher Bundestag. "Share of female soldiers in the German Federal Armed Forces from 1975 to 2023." Chart. March 12, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1279833/female-soldiers-share-german-federal-armed-forces/
Deutscher Bundestag. (2024). Share of female soldiers in the German Federal Armed Forces from 1975 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1279833/female-soldiers-share-german-federal-armed-forces/
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Share of female soldiers in the German Federal Armed Forces from 1975 to 2023 [Graph], Deutscher Bundestag, March 12, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1279833/female-soldiers-share-german-federal-armed-forces/
