Women in Germany; A strong presence in the labor market, a small share in management Women in Germany are still less present than men at the highest management levels. New data from the German Federal Statistical Office show that despite the close number of women and men working in this country, the share of women in management positions in 2025 was only 30.3%; This means that less than a third of these positions were held by women. This figure is lower than the average in the European Union, which reached 35.9% last year. In this way, Germany is still behind the European average in terms of the presence of women in management positions. In a comparison between the member states of the European Union, Sweden was ranked first in 2025 with a share of 44.4% of women in management positions. After that, Latvia with 43.8% and Estonia with 43.1% recorded the highest proportion of women in management positions. In contrast, the share of women in management positions in Italy is 28.6% and in the Netherlands it was 30%; Both countries were inferior to Germany in this regard. Cyprus also had the lowest proportion of women in management positions in the EU at just 25.9%. Examining the long-term trend shows that the situation of women in management positions in Germany has not changed much during the last decade. Since 2014, the share of women in these positions has almost stagnated.

Women in Germany; A strong presence in the labor market, a small share in management Women in Germany are still less present than men at the highest management levels. New data from the German Federal Statistical Office show that despite the close number of women and men working in this country, the share of women in management positions in 2025 was only 30.3%; This means that less than a third of these positions were held by women. This figure is lower than the average in the European Union, which reached 35.9% last year. In this way, Germany is still behind the European average in terms of the presence of women in management positions. In a comparison between the member states of the European Union, Sweden was ranked first in 2025 with a share of 44.4% of women in management positions. After that, Latvia with 43.8% and Estonia with 43.1% recorded the highest proportion of women in management positions. In contrast, the share of women in management positions in Italy is 28.6% and in the Netherlands it was 30%; Both countries were inferior to Germany in this regard. Cyprus also had the lowest proportion of women in management positions in the EU at just 25.9%. Examining the long-term trend shows that the situation of women in management positions in Germany has not changed much during the last decade. Since 2014, the share of women in these positions has almost stagnated.