This statistic shows the share of female police officers as a percentage of total police officers in selected countries for 2012. In 2012, around 29 percent of all police officers in Sweden were female.
Share of female police officers for selected countries in 2012
* The Conference Board of Canada has established a group of 16 countries which are comparable in terms of population, geographic land mass, and income (gross domestic product) per capita. ** Figures for the United Kingdom are obtained from adding the number of police personnel in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Police resources in Canada 2014, page 30, 2012. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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