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 educationThe 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 groupIn 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.

在瑞典，过去十年上半叶，不同类型教育中的学生参与人数在男女两性之间均保持稳定，但自2015年以来，这一数字稳步上升。此外，在瑞典接受教育的女性数量远超男性，分别为65.7万和50.7万。2021年，瑞典共有120万人参与教育。女性在高等教育中占据主导地位。女性在高等教育中的高比例主要是由于女性在学生人数上占据主导地位，高等教育中女性学生约为23.4万，而男性学生为14.9万。此外，在‘其他学生’组和成人教育中，女性也占据了更多的比例。在2021年，16至18岁的青年构成了瑞典教育中最大的年龄群体，人数超过33.7万。在高等教育中，20至24岁的学生群体构成了最大的年龄层。