Female share of graduates in Information and Communication Technologie in Spain
Spain: Female share of graduates in Information and Communication Technologie was 13.0% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Female share of graduates in Information and Communication Technologie in Spain, 1999–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
Spain recorded 13.0% for female share of graduates in information and communication technologie in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is down 7.5% on the previous year and down 34.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female share of graduates in information and communication technologie in Spain peaked at 26.6% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 13.0%, in 2017.
Spain ranks 78th of 85 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Female share of graduates in Information and Communication Technologie in Spain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 26.6% | — |
| 2000 | 24.3% | -8.7% |
| 2001 | 24.1% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 24.4% | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 23.5% | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 22.8% | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 21.4% | -6.3% |
| 2006 | 20.7% | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 19.9% | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 18.2% | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 17.4% | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 16.8% | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 17.4% | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 15.6% | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 15.2% | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 14.7% | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 14.5% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 14.0% | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 13.0% | -7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.6% | 26.6% | 26.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 21.7% | 17.4% | 24.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.1% | 13.0% | 17.4% | 8 |
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More education data for Spain
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 248,253 (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 65.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.94 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 102.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female share of graduates in information and communication technologie in Spain?
- Female share of graduates in information and communication technologie in Spain was 13.0% 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 technologie recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 26.6% in 1999.
- What is the lowest female share of graduates in information and communication technologie recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.0% in 2017.
- How does Spain rank for female share of graduates in information and communication technologie?
- Spain ranks 78th out of 85 countries with data for 2017.
- Is female share of graduates in information and communication technologie rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain 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.