Law in Charts · Courts, police and prisons
Women among police officers
What share of police officers are women in each European country?
% of police officers who are women
- Latvia48.9% 2024
- Lithuania43.3% 2023
- Netherlands40.9% 2024
- Estonia37.2% 2024
- Ireland37.0% 2024
- Sweden34.9% 2024
- Germany29.3% 2024
- Cyprus27.9% 2024
- Iceland27.4% 2024
- Belgium26.8% 2024
- Hungary26.2% 2024
- Austria25.7% 2024
- Slovakia25.1% 2024
- Romania24.8% 2024
- Finland23.2% 2024
- Malta23.1% 2024
- Croatia22.5% 2024
- Denmark21.3% 2024
- Poland20.9% 2024
- Slovenia20.1% 2024
- France19.1% 2022
- Czechia18.7% 2024
- Luxembourg17.4% 2024
- Greece16.1% 2024
- Montenegro15.9% 2024
Source: Eurostat, Personnel in the criminal justice system by sex (crim_just_job). Data for 2019 to 2024. What it counts, how to cite it and the data
At a glance
- 33 countries or territories have a figure.
- The highest is Latvia at 48.9% (2024) and the lowest is Türkiye at 7.4% (2024).
- The middle value (the median) is 22.5%.
What it counts
The number of women among police officers divided by all police officers, for the latest year reported since 2018.
What it leaves out, and how far to trust a comparison
Countries differ in what counts as a police officer (uniformed, civilian staff, gendarmerie). The figure says nothing about rank or role.
Source
Eurostat: Personnel in the criminal justice system by sex (crim_just_job). Source licence: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.
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Reference (APA style)
TheLawToKnow. (2026). Women among police officers [Chart]. Law in Charts. https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/women-among-police. Data: Eurostat, Personnel in the criminal justice system by sex (crim_just_job), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/crim_just_job/default/table (data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25).
Short credit for slides and websites
Chart: TheLawToKnow, Law in Charts (https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/women-among-police). Data: Eurostat.
BibTeX
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year = {2026},
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note = {Data: Eurostat, Personnel in the criminal justice system by sex (crim_just_job), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/crim_just_job/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.}
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