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Women held fewer than one-third of leadership or top positions in Germany in 2025, according to Tagesschau, leaving the country below the European Union average.

The figures, reported by Handelsblatt and Tagesschau on 19 October 2026, show Germany’s representation of women in leadership trailing the EU comparison. Neither report supplied an exact percentage for Germany or the EU average in the available material.

Handelsblatt reported that women made up nearly half of all employed people in Germany, while women occupied less than one-third of leadership positions. Tagesschau likewise described the share of women in top positions as below the EU average.

Tagesschau identified Sweden as the leading EU country in the share of women in leadership positions in the comparison. The supplied reporting does not identify the underlying statistical source or methodology.

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  1. TagesschauAnteil weiblicher Führungskräfte in Deutschland weiterhin niedrig
  2. HandelsblattFrauen in der Führungsetage: Anteil der Chefinnen in Deutschland unter EU-Schnitt