What’s the ratio of women to men in Europe?

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This map is one of those rare maps where I was able to find data on the regional level for almost every country in Europe. It shows us how many women there are for every 100 men. A number below 100 means there are more men than women, a number over 100 means there are more women than men.

Naturally, there will be more women than men in most places, as women have a higher life expectancy than men.

Tunceli in Turkey has 89.4 women for every 100 men. The lowest in Europe. Other areas where there are more men than women are Southeastern Turkey, Malta, rural Scandinavia, parts of Greece, parts of Slovenia and parts of Germany.

For the areas where there are more women than men, Russia dominates the top. Although Riga is the place in Europe with the highest ratio of women (124.6 for every 100 men), the rest of the top 20 are all Russian areas. Except for the number 20, which is Lodz in Poland (118.7). Most of this high ratio of women to men in Russia, is caused by alcoholism, violence, suicide and poor health.

Sex ratio of young people

This map covers the whole population. I also wanted to dive a bit deeper into the ratio’s for young adults, as it can show us some more interesting stats. This age group usually moves away to other places in the country to study or work. In general, there are slightly more men born than women. This is a natural thing. As a result, in most areas you will see that there are slightly more men than women.

Icaria and Samos have the lowest ratio of young women to men. With only 65.0 women per 100 men. Other areas with a low ratio of young women to young men are other parts of Greece, Germany, rural Scandinavia and Slovenia.
London has the highest ratio of young women to young men. The same is the case in a lot of European major cities, especially in the UK and Germany. This could be the result of young women moving from rural areas to the cities to study and work. As tertiary education attainment is higher in women.