Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Malta
Malta: Female share of graduates in Information and Communication was 16.0% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Malta, 2000–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malta recorded 16.0% for female share of graduates in information and communication in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female share of graduates in information and communication in Malta peaked at 26.7% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2001.
Malta ranks 72nd of 85 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Malta, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16.7% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2002 | 10.0% | — |
| 2003 | 12.8% | +28.2% |
| 2004 | 14.3% | +11.4% |
| 2005 | 26.4% | +84.9% |
| 2006 | 26.7% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 20.9% | -21.5% |
| 2008 | 22.8% | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 23.3% | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 19.9% | -14.6% |
| 2011 | 25.3% | +27.5% |
| 2013 | 14.0% | -44.8% |
| 2014 | 17.9% | +27.7% |
| 2015 | 18.2% | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 16.4% | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 16.0% | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.4% | 0.0% | 26.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.2% | 14.0% | 25.3% | 7 |
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More education data for Malta
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,941 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 97.71 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 97.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female share of graduates in information and communication in Malta?
- Female share of graduates in information and communication in Malta was 16.0% 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 26.7% in 2006.
- What is the lowest female share of graduates in information and communication recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2001.
- How does Malta rank for female share of graduates in information and communication?
- Malta ranks 72nd out of 85 countries with data for 2017.
- Is female share of graduates in information and communication rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.