Female soldiers share German army 1975-2023

In 2023, 13.43 percent of soldiers serving in the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) were female. Figures increased annually during the specified timeline. The graph shows the share of female soldiers serving in the German Federal Armed Forces between 1975 and 2023.

Share of female soldiers in the German Federal Armed Forces from 1975 to 2023

Characteristic	Share of female soldiers
2023	13.43%
2022	13.21%
2021	12.85%
2020	12.55%
2019	12.3%
2018	12.1%
2017	11.86%
2016	11.29%
2015	10.74%
2014	10.36%
2013	10.07%
2012	9.65%
2011²	8.6%
2010²	9%
2009	6.6%
2008	6.31%
2007	5.78%
2006	4.9%
2005	4.53%
2004	3.88%
2003	3.17%
2002	2.55%
2001	1.89%
2000	1.43%
1999	1.3%
1998	1.19%
1997	1.07%
1996	0.92%
1995	0.77%
1992	0.22%
1990	0.06%
1985	0.02%
1975¹	0%

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

1975 to 2023

Supplementary notes

¹ In 1975, 5 of 486,206 soldiers were female; this amounted to a share of 0,001 percent, therefore the figure was rounded in the statistic.

Figures were calculated based on absolute numbers. Figures preceding 2006 were retrieved from the following report by the Bundeswehr Institute for Social Sciences: 'Truppenbild mit Dame. Eine sozialwissenschaftliche Begleituntersuchung zur Integration von Frauen in die Bundeswehr', page 12. Figures from 2007 onwards were retrieved from respective annual reports of the Armed Forces Commissioner.

² Figures were rounded in the source material.

Figures refer to December 31 of each year.

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