Participation in education in Sweden 2011-2021, by gender

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.