Women in Switzerland

Women in Switzerland
Women of Champéry, 1912
General Statistics
Maternal mortality (per 100,000)8 (2010)
Women in parliament27.2% (2013)
Women over 25 with secondary education95.0% (2012)
Women in labour force76% (employment rate OECD definition, 2015)
Gender Inequality Index
Value0.018 (2021)
Rank3rd out of 191
Global Gender Gap Index
Value0.795 (2022)
Rank13th out of 146

Women in Switzerland are women who live in and are from Switzerland. The legal and social role of Swiss women has evolved significantly from the mid-20th century onwards, having been introduced at a much later rate than that of the wider West.