Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Netherlands
Netherlands: Female share of graduates in Information and Communication was 14.5% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Netherlands, 1999–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 14.5% for female share of graduates in information and communication in 2017.
That represents a change of down 12.7% on the previous year and up 54.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female share of graduates in information and communication in Netherlands peaked at 16.6% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 8.9%, in 2004.
That places Netherlands 76th out of 85 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 12.0% | — |
| 2000 | 13.4% | +11.8% |
| 2001 | 13.8% | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 13.1% | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 8.9% | -31.9% |
| 2005 | 9.4% | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 10.9% | +16.3% |
| 2013 | 15.4% | +41.1% |
| 2014 | 16.6% | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 14.5% | -12.7% |
Netherlands compared with similar countries
- Netherlands's 14.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 21.0%, 69% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Netherlands's 14.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 20.6%, 70% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.0% | 12.0% | 12.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 11.7% | 8.9% | 13.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 14.3% | 10.9% | 16.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More education data for Netherlands
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.64 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.48 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 118,472 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 23,856 (1985)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 247,743 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 240,049 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.61 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.14 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.0937 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female share of graduates in information and communication in Netherlands?
- Female share of graduates in information and communication in Netherlands was 14.5% 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 16.6% in 2014.
- What is the lowest female share of graduates in information and communication recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.9% in 2004.
- How does Netherlands rank for female share of graduates in information and communication?
- Netherlands ranks 76th out of 85 countries with data for 2017.
- Is female share of graduates in information and communication rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 10 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.