Employed information and communications technology (ICT) specialists by educational attainment level by country

Countries reporting
36
Highest
971.5 Thousand persons
Germany
Lowest
2.3 Thousand persons
Montenegro
Median
46.8 Thousand persons
Years covered
22
2004–2025
Data points
726

What the numbers show

Employed information and communications technology (ICT) specialists by educational attainment level is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 971.5 Thousand persons in Germany; the lowest is 2.3 Thousand persons in Montenegro.

The median across all reporting countries is 46.8 Thousand persons, and the mean is 116.71 Thousand persons.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 422.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Lithuania (up 131.6%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 18.3%).

Employed information and communications technology (ICT) specialists b: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 971.5 Thousand persons 2025 up 27.9% rising
2 United Kingdom 580.8 Thousand persons 2019 up 8.5% rising
3 Italy 527.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 10.5% flat
4 Netherlands 247.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 45.2% rising
5 France 233.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.3% falling
6 Poland 170.5 Thousand persons 2025 up 41.3% falling
7 Sweden 151.2 Thousand persons 2025 up 9.6% falling
8 Türkiye 148.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 18.6% flat
9 Spain 143.1 Thousand persons 2025 up 28.9% falling
10 Czechia 106.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 37.3% falling
11 Switzerland 91.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 5.4% rising
12 Portugal 88.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 43.4% flat
13 Austria 78.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.0% falling
14 Finland 72.5 Thousand persons 2025 up 32.5% rising
15 Hungary 69.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 33.0% falling
16 Denmark 66.6 Thousand persons 2025 up 16.2% rising
17 Belgium 61.2 Thousand persons 2025 up 36.6% flat
18 Norway 48.5 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.0% flat
19 Serbia 45.1 Thousand persons 2025 up 96.9% rising
20 Slovakia 40.1 Thousand persons 2025 up 52.5% falling
21 Romania 39.8 Thousand persons 2025 down 18.3% falling
22 Bulgaria 34.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 14.1% falling
23 Greece 31.5 Thousand persons 2025 up 63.2% falling
24 Croatia 26.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 45.3% rising
25 Ireland 23.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 33.5% rising
26 Estonia 19.2 Thousand persons 2025 up 71.4% rising
27 Slovenia 17.5 Thousand persons 2025 up 19.9% falling
28 Lithuania 13.2 Thousand persons 2025 up 131.6% rising
29 Latvia 12 Thousand persons 2025 up 31.9% falling
30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.7 Thousand persons 2025 rising
31 North Macedonia 8.1 Thousand persons 2025 up 55.8% rising
32 Luxembourg 5.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 78.8% rising
33 Malta 5.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 75.8% rising
34 Iceland 3.7 Thousand persons 2024 up 19.4% flat
35 Cyprus 3 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.4% flat
36 Montenegro 2.3 Thousand persons 2020 up 53.3% rising

About this data

Indicator
Employed information and communications technology (ICT) specialists by educational attainment level
Unit
Thousand persons
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
37 places, 726 data points, 2004–2025
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