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13 May 2019

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In 2018 around 8.9 million people were employed in the European Union (EU) as ICT specialists. The profession was predominately male, as only 17 % (1.5 million) of the ICT specialists were women.

Across the EU Member States, the lowest proportions of female ICT specialists were in Hungary (9 %), Czechia (10 %) and Greece (11 %). The highest shares were in Bulgaria (28 %), Lithuania (25 %) and Romania (24 %).

Chart of the share of female ICT specialists by Member State in 2018

 

The source dataset can be found here.

These figures are taken from the latest results of the EU labour force survey.

 

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