The number of workers across the European Union with an educational background in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) continued to rise in 2025, reaching 3.4 million people, up from 3.2 million in 2024, reflecting an annual increase of 5.1%.
However, despite the sector’s expansion, gender disparities remain deeply entrenched. Men accounted for 83.4% of all ICT-educated workers across the EU, representing approximately 2.8 million people, while women made up just 16.6%, or around 600,000 employees.
Greece mirrors this broader European trend, with men representing 81.7% of workers holding ICT-related educational qualifications, leaving women with a share of only 18.3%. This places the country slightly above the EU average in terms of male representation in the sector.
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Although the number of women with ICT educational backgrounds increased over the past decade—from 400,000 in 2015 to 600,000 in 2025—their overall participation rate has remained largely unchanged. The trend also weakened in the past year, with the number of women in the sector declining by 2.6% compared with 2024, while their share fell by 1.3 percentage points from 17.9%.
Among EU member states, the Czech Republic recorded the highest male representation in the ICT workforce at 92.9%, followed by Slovenia with 89.1%, Latvia with 89%, Lithuania with 88.9%, and Slovakia with 88.4%.
By contrast, Nordic countries reported the strongest female participation rates. Denmark led the bloc with women accounting for 30% of ICT-educated workers, followed closely by Sweden at 29.8%. Romania ranked third with 28.6%, while Bulgaria and Croatia followed with 25.6% and 25.2%, respectively.
The data also point to the highly educated profile of the ICT workforce across Europe. Nearly three-quarters, or 74.8%, of workers in the sector had completed tertiary education, while the remaining 25.2% held secondary or post-secondary qualifications.
Large differences were also recorded among member states in educational attainment. Denmark posted the highest share of ICT workers with tertiary education at 97.7%, ahead of France at 96.6%, Cyprus at 96.4%, Ireland at 92.3%, Bulgaria at 91.1%, and Croatia at 90.9%.
In contrast, Italy and Portugal stood out as the only EU countries where the majority of ICT workers did not hold tertiary degrees, with the respective shares reaching 69.2% and 58.8%.
