International Women's Day
8 March, Women's Day
Last year, almost 1,054,000 women lived in Slovenia. Their mean age was 45.4 years. 42.0% of women aged 15+ were married. 29.9% of women aged 15+ had tertiary education. In the 4th quarter of 2023, women represented 45.3% of persons in employment.
What is the average woman in Slovenia like?
Last year, 1,053,701 women lived in Slovenia. Their mean age was 45.4 years, which was almost 3 years more than the mean age of men. They were named with more than 30,000 different names, the top five being Marija, Ana, Maja, Irena and Mojca. Women live on average almost 8 years longer than men (the mean age of women who died in 2022 was 82.5 years and of men 74.9 years). In Slovenia, a girl born in 2022 could expect to live 83.9 years, which is 5.5 years more than a boy born in Slovenia in the same year.
According to the latest available data, 75.7% of women in Slovenia aged 15+ have given birth to at least one child. Among those aged 25, 22.1% were mothers, and among those aged 30, 55.0%. The largest share of women aged 15+ (40.8%) had two children.
In 2023, the largest share women aged 15+ (42.0%) were married, 36.9% were single (i.e. never married). Interestingly, the largest share of men (47.6%) were single, i.e. never married. In 2022, brides were on average 34.9 years old when they were married (grooms were 37.3 years old), and 31.0 years old at their first marriage (grooms were 32.9 years old).
At the beginning of 2023, women represented 49.8% of Slovenia’s population. The share of women was the highest in municipalities Murska Sobota and Ankaran (51.7%), and the lowest in municipality Šentrupert (41.2%). Slovenia is one of the few EU Member States with fewer women than men. In addition to Slovenia, in 2022 there were fewer women than men in Sweden, Luxembourg and Malta. There are fewer women in Slovenia than men up to the age of 62, but after that age, women dominate numerically. At the end of last year, there were 311 female and 60 male centenarians.
What is the educational structure of women in Slovenia?
In 2023, 29.9% of women aged 15+ in Slovenia had tertiary education, while the share among men was slightly lower, 21.1%.
A year earlier, 9,560 women completed their studies at any level of tertiary education in Slovenia, representing 59.3% of tertiary education graduates. The largest share of them completed their education in the field of business, administration and law (20.1%), followed by health and welfare (18.0%).
What is the situation of women in the labour market?
In the 4th quarter of 2023, 45.3% of persons in employment were women, i.e. 451,000. Among them, 89.8% were employed and 8.5% were self-employed. Among men, the share of the latter was higher at 14.8%.
According to provisional data for 2022, average monthly gross earnings of employed women in Slovenia was EUR 2,117 (EUR 137 lower than the average for men). The gender pay gap was 6.1%. The difference in earnings between men and women was the highest in the group of service workers and shop and market sales workers (18.1%), and the lowest among clerks (2.1%). Men's earnings were higher than women's in all occupational groups.
According to Eurostat methodology and data, in 2022 the gender pay gap in Slovenia was 8.2%. The gap was the lowest in Luxembourg (0.7%), which was the only EU Member State in which women's earnings were higher than men's, followed by Italy (4.3%) and Romania (4.5%), and the highest in Estonia (21.3%), followed by Austria (18.4%). .
Life of women in Slovenia
In 2021, the average age of female residents of Slovenia at first employment was 24 years, one year higher than the EU-27 average. They moved away from their parents when they were on average 28.1 years old (EU-27: 25.5 years). They gave birth to their first child at the age of 29 years, which was about half a year earlier than the EU-27 average (29.5 years). Their life expectancy was 83.8 years, almost a year more than the EU-27 average (82.9 years).
Women in Slovenia are generally satisfied with their lives. In 2023, they assessed overall life satisfaction on a scale from 0 to 10 with an average score of 7.7. The most satisfied were women in the age group 26–35 years (8.2).
Last year, 1,053,701 women lived in Slovenia. Their mean age was 45.4 years, which was almost 3 years more than the mean age of men. They were named with more than 30,000 different names, the top five being Marija, Ana, Maja, Irena and Mojca. Women live on average almost 8 years longer than men (the mean age of women who died in 2022 was 82.5 years and of men 74.9 years). In Slovenia, a girl born in 2022 could expect to live 83.9 years, which is 5.5 years more than a boy born in Slovenia in the same year.
According to the latest available data, 75.7% of women in Slovenia aged 15+ have given birth to at least one child. Among those aged 25, 22.1% were mothers, and among those aged 30, 55.0%. The largest share of women aged 15+ (40.8%) had two children.
In 2023, the largest share women aged 15+ (42.0%) were married, 36.9% were single (i.e. never married). Interestingly, the largest share of men (47.6%) were single, i.e. never married. In 2022, brides were on average 34.9 years old when they were married (grooms were 37.3 years old), and 31.0 years old at their first marriage (grooms were 32.9 years old).
At the beginning of 2023, women represented 49.8% of Slovenia’s population. The share of women was the highest in municipalities Murska Sobota and Ankaran (51.7%), and the lowest in municipality Šentrupert (41.2%). Slovenia is one of the few EU Member States with fewer women than men. In addition to Slovenia, in 2022 there were fewer women than men in Sweden, Luxembourg and Malta. There are fewer women in Slovenia than men up to the age of 62, but after that age, women dominate numerically. At the end of last year, there were 311 female and 60 male centenarians.
What is the educational structure of women in Slovenia?
In 2023, 29.9% of women aged 15+ in Slovenia had tertiary education, while the share among men was slightly lower, 21.1%.
A year earlier, 9,560 women completed their studies at any level of tertiary education in Slovenia, representing 59.3% of tertiary education graduates. The largest share of them completed their education in the field of business, administration and law (20.1%), followed by health and welfare (18.0%).
What is the situation of women in the labour market?
In the 4th quarter of 2023, 45.3% of persons in employment were women, i.e. 451,000. Among them, 89.8% were employed and 8.5% were self-employed. Among men, the share of the latter was higher at 14.8%.
According to provisional data for 2022, average monthly gross earnings of employed women in Slovenia was EUR 2,117 (EUR 137 lower than the average for men). The gender pay gap was 6.1%. The difference in earnings between men and women was the highest in the group of service workers and shop and market sales workers (18.1%), and the lowest among clerks (2.1%). Men's earnings were higher than women's in all occupational groups.
According to Eurostat methodology and data, in 2022 the gender pay gap in Slovenia was 8.2%. The gap was the lowest in Luxembourg (0.7%), which was the only EU Member State in which women's earnings were higher than men's, followed by Italy (4.3%) and Romania (4.5%), and the highest in Estonia (21.3%), followed by Austria (18.4%). .
Life of women in Slovenia
In 2021, the average age of female residents of Slovenia at first employment was 24 years, one year higher than the EU-27 average. They moved away from their parents when they were on average 28.1 years old (EU-27: 25.5 years). They gave birth to their first child at the age of 29 years, which was about half a year earlier than the EU-27 average (29.5 years). Their life expectancy was 83.8 years, almost a year more than the EU-27 average (82.9 years).
Women in Slovenia are generally satisfied with their lives. In 2023, they assessed overall life satisfaction on a scale from 0 to 10 with an average score of 7.7. The most satisfied were women in the age group 26–35 years (8.2).
When making use of the data and information of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, always add: "Source: SURS". More: Copyright.
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