How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Ireland?

14 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2016.

Finland vs Ireland: Female share of graduates in Information and Communication

Finland

20.7%

in 2017

Ireland

20.9%

in 2016

Finland rank

58th

Ireland rank

57th

Female share of graduates in Information and Communication over time

Finland
Ireland

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 20.9% against 20.7% in Finland, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Ireland ahead.

Finland ranks 58th and Ireland ranks 57th of 85 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 1 and Ireland in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Finland	Ireland	Difference	Ahead
1990s	37.2%	45.3%	8.1%	Ireland
2000s	38.8%	36.3%	2.5%	Finland
2010s	23.7%	23.9%	0.2%	Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher female share of graduates in information and communication, Finland or Ireland?: Ireland, at 20.9% against 20.7% in Finland as of 2016.
What is the difference in female share of graduates in information and communication between Finland and Ireland?: 0.2%, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Ireland?: 14 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2016.
How do Finland and Ireland rank globally for female share of graduates in information and communication?: Finland ranks 58th and Ireland ranks 57th of 85 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020, published as Female share of graduates in Information and Communication Technologies programmes, tertiary (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Female share of graduates in Information and Communication Technologies programmes, tertiary (%)
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 85 places, 979 data points, 1998–2019
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Female share of graduates in the given field of education, tertiary is the number of female graduates expressed as a percentage of the total number of graduates in the given field of education from tertiary education.