Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Iceland
Iceland: Female share of graduates in Information and Communication was 13.0% in 2012. ▼ Falling
Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Iceland, 1999–2012
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 13.0% for female share of graduates in information and communication in 2012.
The figure is down 36.8% on the previous year and down 45.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female share of graduates in information and communication in Iceland peaked at 29.1% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 11.4%, in 2008.
That places Iceland 79th out of 85 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Iceland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 21.2% | — |
| 2000 | 29.1% | +37.1% |
| 2001 | 23.1% | -20.8% |
| 2002 | 23.7% | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 28.1% | +18.3% |
| 2004 | 27.8% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 23.1% | -16.8% |
| 2006 | 16.7% | -28.0% |
| 2007 | 17.9% | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 11.4% | -36.4% |
| 2009 | 20.0% | +76.0% |
| 2010 | 20.5% | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 13.0% | -36.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.2% | 21.2% | 21.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 22.1% | 11.4% | 29.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.7% | 13.0% | 20.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More education data for Iceland
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3,568 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female share of graduates in information and communication in Iceland?
- Female share of graduates in information and communication in Iceland was 13.0% in 2012, 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 29.1% in 2000.
- What is the lowest female share of graduates in information and communication recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.4% in 2008.
- How does Iceland rank for female share of graduates in information and communication?
- Iceland ranks 79th out of 85 countries with data for 2012.
- Is female share of graduates in information and communication rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iceland 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.