UIS · Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes
ICT graduates by country
What share of university graduates studied information and communication technologies?
Of the 102 countries compared in 2023, Brunei had the highest reading, 17.186%, and 4 countries shared the lowest reading, 0.000%. In the middle country the figure was 5.601%.
Share
ICT graduates · 2023
Context statistic
Highest of 102Brunei
17.186%012023 · values only
The highest and the lowest
The three countries with the highest values of 102 compared, the three with the lowest, and the highest on each continent. This statistic has no better end, so no country is shown as leading.
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Lowest in 2023
British Virgin Islands0.000%
San Marino0.000%
Monaco0.000%
This statistic has no better end: the two ends describe size, not success.
Highest on each continent
- AfricaTunisia14.865%
- Americas
El Salvador8.030% - AsiaBrunei17.186%
- Europe
Andorra11.409% - Oceania
New Zealand6.311%4 of 21 measured
- Every region
02Every measured country
ICT graduates on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a higher value. This statistic has no better end, so the shades describe size, not success.
- 0.000–3.523%
- 3.741–4.980%
- 5.178–6.013%
- 6.105–7.531%
- 7.808–17.186%
- No reading in 2023 (57 measured in an earlier edition)
- Asia
6.456%
the middle country, of 25 measured · 52 members
Brunei17.186%
Cyprus2.784%Highest and lowest reading in Asia.
- Africa
5.870%
the middle country, of 13 measured · 55 members
Tunisia14.865%
Botswana1.538%Highest and lowest reading in Africa.
- Europe
5.661%
the middle country, of 38 measured · 49 members
Andorra11.409%2 share 0.000%
Highest and lowest reading in Europe.
- Americas
4.621%
the middle country, of 22 measured · 48 members
El Salvador8.030%British Virgin Islands0.000%Highest and lowest reading in Americas.
- Oceania
4 of 21 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, Cook Islands, New Zealand, Samoa.
New Zealand6.311%
Cook Islands0.000%Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.
- Every region
20 sub-regions, highest middle country first
- South-eastern Asia
7.808%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 11 members
Brunei17.186%
Thailand3.523%Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Eastern Africa
6.628%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 19 members
Mauritius11.673%
Tanzania3.741%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Western Asia
6.456%
the middle country, of 13 measured · 19 members
Oman9.311%Cyprus2.784%Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.
- Eastern Europe
6.013%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 10 members
Ukraine8.158%
Bulgaria4.697%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Europe.
- Northern Europe
6.010%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 13 members
Estonia8.979%
Iceland3.788%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Europe.
- Southern Europe
5.576%
the middle country, of 12 measured · 17 members
Andorra11.409%San Marino0.000%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Europe.
- Central America
5.212%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 8 members
El Salvador8.030%
Nicaragua2.464%Highest and lowest reading in Central America.
- Western Europe
4.216%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 9 members
Luxembourg9.682%Monaco0.000%Highest and lowest reading in Western Europe.
- Caribbean
3.975%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 24 members
Turks and Caicos Islands7.407%British Virgin Islands0.000%Highest and lowest reading in Caribbean.
- South America
3.957%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 12 members
Brazil5.585%
Argentina2.147%Highest and lowest reading in South America.
- Australia and New Zealand
2 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand.
New Zealand6.311%
Australia5.740%Highest and lowest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Central Asia
2 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan5.379%
Kyrgyzstan3.982%Highest and lowest reading in Central Asia.
- Eastern Asia
3 of 8 measured — too few for a middle: Macau, Mongolia, South Korea.
Macau6.495%
Mongolia3.927%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Middle Africa
1 of 9 measured — too few for a middle: Cameroon.
Cameroon6.339%Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.
- Northern Africa
4 of 6 measured — too few for a middle: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia.
Tunisia14.865%
Algeria3.336%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.
- Northern America
3 of 4 measured — too few for a middle: Bermuda, Canada, United States.
Canada6.301%
Bermuda5.618%Highest and lowest reading in Northern America.
- Polynesia
2 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Cook Islands, Samoa.
Samoa0.539%Cook Islands0.000%Highest and lowest reading in Polynesia.
- Southern Africa
2 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Botswana, South Africa.
South Africa3.367%Botswana1.538%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.
- Southern Asia
2 of 9 measured — too few for a middle: India, Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka9.148%
India3.896%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.
- Western Africa
1 of 16 measured — too few for a middle: Ghana.
Ghana4.891%Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.
03The whole field at once
The spread
102 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 5.601%; a quarter are above 6.967%, and a quarter below 3.884%. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 159 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first. No rank or position is shown: too many countries share the same value for an order to mean anything. Neither end is better: it is a share of all graduates, so a high figure can mean a strong ICT programme or few graduates in other fields, and the table is ordered highest first as a reading convention, not a league table. Very small university systems swing to the ends, and a few report no ICT graduates at all.
Showing 25 of 159 countries
Values for 2023. The change column compares 2023 with 2022 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
052001–2023 · 20 editions
Over time
Each point is one edition. The series has gaps before 2015 because fewer countries reported, and the newest year is left out until enough countries have reported it.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 102 | 5.601% | 3.884% – 6.967% |
| 2022 | 92 | 5.218% | 3.965% – 6.836% |
| 2021 | 95 | 4.938% | 3.703% – 6.513% |
| 2020 | 103 | 4.651% | 3.416% – 6.133% |
| 2019 | 103 | 4.395% | 3.336% – 5.479% |
| 2018 | 98 | 4.205% | 3.012% – 5.777% |
| 2017 | 90 | 4.050% | 2.935% – 5.605% |
| 2016 | 99 | 4.051% | 2.535% – 5.185% |
| 2015 | 99 | 4.017% | 2.674% – 6.016% |
| 2014 | 52 | 3.486% | 2.691% – 4.552% |
| 2012 | 62 | 3.511% | 2.614% – 4.550% |
| 2011 | 63 | 3.335% | 2.525% – 4.876% |
| 2010 | 65 | 3.522% | 2.392% – 5.058% |
| 2009 | 64 | 3.844% | 2.644% – 5.213% |
| 2008 | 62 | 3.757% | 2.574% – 5.219% |
| 2007 | 60 | 3.601% | 2.123% – 5.445% |
| 2005 | 51 | 3.307% | 1.712% – 5.172% |
| 2004 | 52 | 3.737% | 1.760% – 5.789% |
| 2002 | 52 | 2.777% | 1.314% – 5.085% |
| 2001 | 50 | 2.523% | 1.132% – 4.075% |
062022 → 2023
Who rose and fell
The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.
Rose most
before → afterFell most
before → after- British Virgin Islands9.612% → 0.000%−9.612
- Botswana7.316% → 1.538%−5.778
Rwanda10.923% → 8.204%−2.719
Seychelles8.500% → 5.870%−2.630- Andorra13.636% → 11.409%−2.227
84 countries were measured in both 2022 and 2023. The field changed from 92 to 102 countries, so a place can move for reasons that have nothing to do with the country itself.
07Across every edition
ICT graduates in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
48.494%
Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates)
Lowest reading on record
Reached 66 times by 28 countries — shared, so no holder is named
0.000%
Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates)
Biggest rise between editions
+16.222
2.469% → 18.692%
Biggest fall between editions
−15.811
25.000% → 9.189%
Biggest change since first measured
+14.215
2.971% → 17.186%
Highest most often
2 countries share this record — no holder is named
5 of 20
editions
08By sex
Inside the number
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) also publishes separate female and male readings. The gap between them, where both exist.
Of the 100 countries with both readings, the female reading is higher in 1, the male reading in 96, and they are equal in 3. The widest gaps each way:
09The measure
About ICT graduates
This is the share of a country's university and college graduates whose degree was in information and communication technologies. It describes how much of a higher-education system is training people to build and run digital systems.
What the number is: Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates).
10Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Education & Knowledge and Digital & Technology, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Education & KnowledgeDigital & TechnologyWhich statistics vote, and why
Moves with
Where ICT graduates is higher, these tend to be higher too.
No statistic lines up this closely.
Moves against
Where ICT graduates is higher, these tend to be lower.
No statistic lines up this closely.
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 268 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
11Keep reading
Explore further
The subject
The countries at either end
12Questions
ICT graduates: questions and answers
Which country has the highest ICT graduates?
Brunei, at 17.186%, among the 102 countries compared in 2023.
Which country has the lowest ICT graduates?
4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000%, among the 102 compared in 2023, so no single country is named.
How many countries does the Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes cover?
102 in 2023, and 159 at least once across all editions. The number measured varies from 50 to 103 between editions.
What is the world average ICT graduates?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 102 compared in 2023, the figure was 5.601%.
Is this UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)’s own ranking?
No ranking is shown. UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything, so none is derived.
How often is the Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes published?
This site holds 20 editions, describing 2001 to 2023.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), under CC BY-SA 4.0. From the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (FOSGP.5T8.F600). Editions reporting fewer than 50 countries are not written. The same share among women graduates and among men graduates is stored beside the headline. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
13Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
From the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (FOSGP.5T8.F600). Editions reporting fewer than 50 countries are not written. The same share among women graduates and among men graduates is stored beside the headline.
Newest edition
Report year 2023Data year 2023
Cite the source as: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. UIS Data Browser. Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0, checked 2026-10-03.
How this page reads the numbers
- No rank or position is shown: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything.
- This statistic has no better end, so the page describes higher and lower values and never calls a country a leader.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). ICT graduates by country: Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes, data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/ict-graduates