Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Hungary
Hungary: Female share of graduates in Information and Communication was 16.7% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Hungary, 1999–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2017, female share of graduates in information and communication in Hungary stood at 16.7%.
That represents a change of down 11.2% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female share of graduates in information and communication in Hungary peaked at 29.4% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 14.3%, in 1999.
Hungary ranks 69th of 85 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Hungary, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 14.3% | — |
| 2000 | 15.6% | +9.2% |
| 2001 | 21.1% | +35.1% |
| 2002 | 18.7% | -11.3% |
| 2003 | 22.4% | +19.4% |
| 2004 | 28.2% | +26.2% |
| 2005 | 29.4% | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 19.4% | -34.1% |
| 2008 | 20.5% | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 19.3% | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 18.0% | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 15.4% | -14.7% |
| 2012 | 16.8% | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 17.1% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 17.8% | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 23.3% | +31.4% |
| 2016 | 18.8% | -19.4% |
| 2017 | 16.7% | -11.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.3% | 14.3% | 14.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 21.6% | 15.6% | 29.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 18.0% | 15.4% | 23.3% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More education data for Hungary
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 37,255 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female share of graduates in information and communication in Hungary?
- Female share of graduates in information and communication in Hungary was 16.7% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020.
- What is the highest female share of graduates in information and communication recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 29.4% in 2005.
- What is the lowest female share of graduates in information and communication recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.3% in 1999.
- How does Hungary rank for female share of graduates in information and communication?
- Hungary ranks 69th out of 85 countries with data for 2017.
- Is female share of graduates in information and communication rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Hungary data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020, published as part of Female share of graduates in Information and Communication Technologies programmes, tertiary (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.