Romania among EU members with biggest share of women in ICT

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The EU employed 3.4 million people with information and communication technology (ICT) education in 2025, representing a 5.1% increase from 3.2 million in 2024.

Men dominated the ICT workforce, accounting for 83.4% (2.8 million) of employed people with this educational background. While the number of employed women with ICT education has grown from 0.4 million in 2015 to 0.6 million in 2025, their share remained at 16.6%. Compared with 2024, the number of women decreased by 2.6%, and their share dropped by 1.3 percentage points from 17.9%.

Czechia recorded the highest share of men in ICT employment at 92.9%, followed by Slovenia (89.1%), Latvia (89.0%), Lithuania (88.9%) and Slovakia (88.4%). Denmark had the highest proportion of women employed with ICT education at 30.0%, followed by Sweden (29.8%), Romania (28.6%), Bulgaria (25.6%) and Croatia (25.2%).

More than 7 out of 10 (74.8%) employed people in the EU with ICT education had tertiary education, while 25.2% had upper secondary or post-secondary education. Denmark led with 97.7% of ICT workers holding tertiary education, followed by France (96.6%), Cyprus (96.4%), Ireland (92.3%), Bulgaria (91.1%) and Croatia (90.9%).

Italy and Portugal showed different patterns, with 69.2% and 58.8% respectively of ICT workers not having tertiary education.

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Business Forum  |  26 May, 2026 at 3:07 PM