Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Italy
Italy: Female share of graduates in Information and Communication was 16.1% in 2016. ▼ Falling
Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Italy, 1998–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
Italy recorded 16.1% for female share of graduates in information and communication in 2016. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 17.7% on the previous year and down 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female share of graduates in information and communication in Italy peaked at 28.6% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 16.1%, in 2016.
Italy ranks 71st of 85 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Italy, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 28.6% | — |
| 1999 | 26.9% | -6.1% |
| 2000 | 27.1% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 22.5% | -17.0% |
| 2002 | 20.8% | -7.8% |
| 2003 | 21.2% | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 23.3% | +9.6% |
| 2005 | 19.8% | -14.8% |
| 2006 | 21.7% | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 21.2% | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 23.1% | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 23.5% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 25.5% | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 16.7% | -34.5% |
| 2014 | 16.3% | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 19.6% | +20.5% |
| 2016 | 16.1% | -17.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.7% | 26.9% | 28.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 22.3% | 19.8% | 27.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 19.6% | 16.1% | 25.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More education data for Italy
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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 250,961 (2024)
- 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 63.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 11.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female share of graduates in information and communication in Italy?
- Female share of graduates in information and communication in Italy was 16.1% in 2016, 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 28.6% in 1998.
- What is the lowest female share of graduates in information and communication recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.1% in 2016.
- How does Italy rank for female share of graduates in information and communication?
- Italy ranks 71st out of 85 countries with data for 2016.
- Is female share of graduates in information and communication rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.