Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Sweden
Sweden: Female share of graduates in Information and Communication was 30.2% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Sweden, 1999–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2017, female share of graduates in information and communication in Sweden stood at 30.2%.
That represents a change of up 7.3% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female share of graduates in information and communication in Sweden peaked at 44.7% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 18.8%, in 2010.
Sweden ranks 32nd of 85 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Sweden, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 34.3% | — |
| 2000 | 44.7% | +30.6% |
| 2001 | 40.7% | -9.0% |
| 2002 | 41.9% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 40.2% | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 35.3% | -12.2% |
| 2005 | 32.0% | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 28.1% | -12.1% |
| 2007 | 25.8% | -8.3% |
| 2008 | 22.8% | -11.6% |
| 2009 | 21.9% | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 18.8% | -14.2% |
| 2011 | 20.2% | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 26.1% | +29.0% |
| 2013 | 25.6% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 27.8% | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 28.2% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 30.2% | +7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 34.3% | 34.3% | 34.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 33.3% | 21.9% | 44.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.3% | 18.8% | 30.2% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 71,551 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female share of graduates in information and communication in Sweden?
- Female share of graduates in information and communication in Sweden was 30.2% 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 44.7% in 2000.
- What is the lowest female share of graduates in information and communication recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.8% in 2010.
- How does Sweden rank for female share of graduates in information and communication?
- Sweden ranks 32nd out of 85 countries with data for 2017.
- Is female share of graduates in information and communication rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden 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.