Female share of graduates in Information and Communication Technologies programmes, tertiary (%) by country
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.
Countries reporting
85
Highest
75.6%
Oman
Lowest
0.0%
Andorra
Median
26.2%
Years covered
22
1998–2019
Data points
979
What the numbers show
Female share of graduates in Information and Communication Technologies programmes, tertiary (%) is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 75.6% in Oman; the lowest is 0.0% in Andorra.
The median across all reporting countries is 26.2%, and the mean is 28.0%.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 520.3%), and the largest decrease in Andorra (down 100.0%).
Female share of graduates in Information and Communication Technologie: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oman | 75.6% | 2018 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 55.4% | 2017 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 3 | Qatar | 53.4% | 2018 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 4 | Algeria | 48.9% | 2018 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 47.4% | 2018 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 6 | Bahrain | 47.1% | 2018 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 7 | India | 46.3% | 2018 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 46.0% | 2018 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 9 | Malaysia | 46.0% | 2018 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 10 | Azerbaijan | 46.0% | 2018 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 11 | Palestine, State of | 45.6% | 2018 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 12 | Panama | 43.9% | 2016 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 13 | Albania | 43.7% | 2018 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 14 | Brunei Darussalam | 41.9% | 2018 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 15 | Morocco | 41.3% | 2017 | up 520.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 40.8% | 2018 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 17 | Iran | 39.1% | 2017 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 38.7% | 2017 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 19 | Armenia | 38.5% | 2018 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 20 | Namibia | 38.2% | 2017 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Mongolia | 37.7% | 2018 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 22 | Ecuador | 36.8% | 2016 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 23 | Greece | 35.7% | 2017 | down 23.2% | flat |
| 24 | North Macedonia | 35.1% | 2017 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 25 | Indonesia | 34.7% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 26 | Türkiye | 34.5% | 2014 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 27 | Madagascar | 33.6% | 2018 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 28 | Bermuda | 33.3% | 2018 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 29 | Romania | 33.2% | 2016 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 30 | Argentina | 33.0% | 2010 | — | falling |
| 31 | Lebanon | 30.7% | 2011 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 32 | Sweden | 30.2% | 2017 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 33 | Canada | 30.0% | 2016 | — | rising |
| 34 | Estonia | 28.9% | 2017 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 35 | Burkina Faso | 28.6% | 2016 | up 196.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Serbia | 28.6% | 2018 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 37 | Cyprus | 28.5% | 2017 | up 32.1% | falling |
| 38 | Mexico | 28.4% | 2017 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 28.1% | 2010 | down 21.4% | flat |
| 40 | Bangladesh | 27.3% | 2018 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 41 | Honduras | 27.1% | 2018 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 42 | Guyana | 26.6% | 2012 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 43 | El Salvador | 26.2% | 2018 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 44 | Korea | 24.3% | 2017 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 45 | Denmark | 24.0% | 2017 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 46 | United States of America | 23.6% | 2016 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 47 | Colombia | 23.3% | 2018 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 48 | New Zealand | 23.1% | 2017 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 49 | Niger | 22.8% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 50 | Macau (China) | 22.7% | 2018 | up 108.5% | rising |
| 51 | Latvia | 22.7% | 2017 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 52 | Australia | 21.8% | 2017 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 53 | Seychelles | 21.4% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 54 | Poland | 21.2% | 2017 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 55 | Croatia | 21.0% | 2017 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 56 | Mozambique | 21.0% | 2018 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 57 | Ireland | 20.9% | 2016 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 58 | Finland | 20.7% | 2017 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 59 | Georgia | 20.6% | 2019 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 20.3% | 2018 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 61 | Luxembourg | 19.6% | 2016 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 62 | Germany | 19.4% | 2017 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 63 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 19.4% | 2016 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 64 | Puerto Rico | 18.6% | 2016 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 65 | Uruguay | 17.7% | 2017 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 66 | Ukraine | 17.5% | 2018 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 67 | Portugal | 17.4% | 2017 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 68 | Lithuania | 16.8% | 2017 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 69 | Hungary | 16.7% | 2017 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 70 | France | 16.5% | 2016 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 71 | Italy | 16.1% | 2016 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 72 | Malta | 16.0% | 2017 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 73 | Czechia | 15.6% | 2017 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 74 | Norway | 15.2% | 2017 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 75 | Brazil | 14.6% | 2017 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 76 | Netherlands | 14.5% | 2017 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 77 | Slovenia | 14.1% | 2017 | up 102.9% | rising |
| 78 | Spain | 13.0% | 2017 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 79 | Iceland | 13.0% | 2012 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 80 | Chile | 12.7% | 2017 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 81 | Slovakia | 12.2% | 2017 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 82 | Switzerland | 9.9% | 2017 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 83 | Belgium | 9.9% | 2017 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 84 | Cambodia | 8.4% | 2015 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 85 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
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.