UK public sector workforce by gender 2024

As of the third quarter of 2024, there were approximately 5.16 million women employed in the public sector of the United Kingdom, compared with 2.7 million men.

Number of public sector employees in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 1999 to 3rd quarter 2024, by gender (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Male	Female
Q1 1997	2,327	3,748
Q2 1997	2,293	3,769
Q3 1997	2,260	3,744
Q4 1997	2,272	3,787
Q1 1998	2,272	3,773
Q2 1998	2,295	3,766
Q3 1998	2,310	3,715
Q4 1998	2,293	3,744
Q1 1999	2,307	3,779
Q2 1999	2,330	3,832
Q3 1999	2,278	3,833
Q4 1999	2,289	3,882
Q1 2000	2,320	3,893
Q2 2000	2,342	3,913
Q3 2000	2,340	3,914
Q4 2000	2,366	4,000
Q1 2001	2,347	4,039
Q2 2001	2,347	4,047
Q3 2001	2,294	3,986
Q4 2001	2,282	4,068
Q1 2002	2,288	4,095
Q2 2002	2,318	4,142
Q3 2002	2,319	4,152
Q4 2002	2,343	4,137
Q1 2003	2,381	4,179
Q2 2003	2,376	4,173
Q3 2003	2,379	4,190
Q4 2003	2,392	4,269
Q1 2004	2,437	4,347
Q2 2004	2,455	4,381
Q3 2004	2,466	4,406
Q4 2004	2,419	4,461
Q1 2005	2,486	4,470
Q2 2005	2,473	4,447
Q3 2005	2,537	4,484
Q4 2005	2,532	4,507
Q1 2006	2,563	4,566
Q2 2006	2,531	4,565
Q3 2006	2,513	4,505
Q4 2006	2,449	4,491
Q1 2007	2,436	4,519
Q2 2007	2,459	4,528
Q3 2007	2,423	4,496
Q4 2007	2,444	4,574
Q1 2008	2,483	4,563
Q2 2008	2,509	4,593
Q3 2008	2,488	4,551
Q4 2008	2,538	4,629
Q1 2009	2,572	4,652
Q2 2009	2,558	4,680
Q3 2009	2,572	4,705
Q4 2009	2,581	4,743
Q1 2010	2,533	4,721
Q2 2010	2,576	4,748
Q3 2010	2,601	4,697
Q4 2010	2,582	4,696
Q1 2011	2,582	4,732
Q2 2011	2,547	4,636
Q3 2011	2,453	4,556
Q4 2011	2,436	4,534
Q1 2012	2,426	4,526
Q2 2012	2,358	4,488
Q3 2012	2,385	4,498
Q4 2012	2,403	4,581
Q1 2013	2,378	4,611
Q2 2013	2,359	4,606
Q3 2013	2,402	4,610
Q4 2013	2,321	4,583
Q1 2014	2,344	4,591
Q2 2014	2,356	4,581
Q3 2014	2,373	4,541
Q4 2014	2,383	4,519
Q1 2015	2,408	4,571
Q2 2015	2,359	4,571
Q3 2015	2,351	4,500
Q4 2015	2,365	4,535
Q1 2016	2,334	4,590
Q2 2016	2,356	4,582
Q3 2016	2,391	4,517
Q4 2016	2,363	4,491
Q1 2017	2,335	4,505
Q2 2017	2,364	4,509
Q3 2017	2,316	4,525
Q4 2017	2,309	4,525
Q1 2018	2,385	4,586
Q2 2018	2,340	4,609
Q3 2018	2,383	4,603
Q4 2018	2,424	4,615
Q1 2019	2,400	4,650
Q2 2019	2,362	4,641
Q3 2019	2,389	4,634
Q4 2019	2,447	4,728
Q1 2020	2,444	4,727
Q2 2020	2,522	4,803
Q3 2020	2,556	4,864
Q4 2020	2,643	4,920
Q1 2021	2,672	4,962
Q2 2021	2,668	4,867
Q3 2021	2,743	4,893
Q4 2021	2,750	4,981
Q1 2022	2,665	4,989
Q2 2022	2,744	4,938
Q3 2022	2,768	5,032
Q4 2022	2,739	5,070
Q1 2023	2,814	5,103
Q2 2023	2,809	5,035
Q3 2023	2,771	4,921
Q4 2023	2,860	4,895
Q1 2024	2,743	4,982
Q2 2024	2,709	5,092
Q3 2024	2,727	5,160

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Release date

November 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 1997 to Q3 2024

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This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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