No gender equality in IT sector – Of 8.9 million programmers in EU, only 17% are women

In 2018 around 8.9 million people were employed in the European Union (EU) as ICT specialists.

The profession was predominately male, as only 17% (1.5 million) of the ICT specialists were women, Eurostat says.

Across the EU Member States, the lowest proportions of female ICT specialists were in Hungary (9%), Czechia (10%) and Greece (11%).

The highest shares were in Bulgaria (28%), Lithuania (25%) and Romania (24%).

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