The Eurostat data is the result of a survey conducted in 2020. Photo: Shutterstock

The Eurostat data is the result of a survey conducted in 2020.  Photo: Shutterstock

Men account for 83% of employees in the EU with an information and communication technology (ICT) education, according to new data from Eurostat, with the number in Luxembourg even higher.

The percentage of ICT-educated men working in this particular sector was the highest in Latvia (94%), followed by Slovenia (90%), Belgium and the Czech Republic (both 89%) and Poland (88%).

In Luxembourg, 86.5% of workers with an ICT degree are men. The Eurostat data is the result of a survey conducted in 2020. In 2010, however, men in Luxembourg represented 90% of ICT-educated workers.

On the other side of the spectrum, women accounted for more than a quarter of employees with an ICT education in Denmark (33%), Greece (31%), Cyprus (28%), Bulgaria and Romania (both 27%).

In terms of age, the profile of ICT-educated workers is rather youthful. Across the EU member states 66% of employees in the sector are between 15 and 34 years old. Luxembourg found itself slightly above the EU average with 66.5%. In Croatia, 84% of workers with an ICT degree were younger than 34.

Finland (47%), Ireland (42%) and France (41%) had the highest shares of ICT-educated 35-74 year olds that were employed in the EU.