Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :28 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 5 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 12 % (3)
Report of the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences
Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Gender Inequality Index Rank :4 (4)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :5 (5)
Sweden | 2019
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls, Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Sweden | 2018
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Sweden | 2018
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Sexual violence
Sweden | 2018
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
Sweden | 2018
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Sweden | 2016 | 2026
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls, Other harmful practices, Trafficking
Sweden | 2016
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Sexual violence
Sweden | 2015 | 2019
Type of Measure : Budgets > Government allocation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Sweden | 2014
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage
Sweden | 2009
Type of Measure : Health > Training
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18–74 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014. Violence against Women: An EU-wide Survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18–74 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014. Violence against Women: An EU-wide Survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
(3) Proportion of women aged 18–74 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner at least once in their lifetime. Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014. Violence against Women: An EU-wide Survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
(4) The Gender Inequality Index is a composite measure reflecting inequality between women and men in three different dimensions: reproductive health (maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rate), empowerment (share of parliamentary seats held by women and share of population with at least some secondary education), and labour market participation (labour force participation rate). Source: United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2021/2022.
(5) The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education and health criteria. Source: World Economic Forum, the Global Gender Gap Report 2022.