ICT specialists in employment by country, 2025, European Union (27 countries)

People employed in information and communication technology occupations, such as software developers and ICT technicians, as a share of all employed people.

27 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Sweden (8.9%). Lowest: Greece (2.5%). The median is 4.9%.

Unit: % of total employment Source: Eurostat Trend, map and download

Members since the United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020. About this group

Highest 10

  1. 1. Sweden 8.9%
  2. 2. Luxembourg 8.7%
  3. 3. Finland 7.8%
  4. 4. Netherlands 7.2%
  5. 5. Estonia 6.8%e (estimated)
  6. 6. Ireland 6.2%e (estimated)
  7. 7. Belgium 5.9%
  8. 8. Denmark 5.7%
  9. 9. Lithuania 5.7%
  10. 10. Germany 5.5%

Lowest 10

  1. 27. Greece 2.5%
  2. 26. Romania 2.7%e (estimated)
  3. 25. Italy 3.8%e (estimated)
  4. 24. Slovakia 4.4%e (estimated)
  5. 23. Slovenia 4.5%
  6. 22. Poland 4.5%
  7. 21. Latvia 4.5%
  8. 20. Hungary 4.6%e (estimated)
  9. 19. Czechia 4.7%
  10. 18. Spain 4.8%d (definition differs (see metadata))

Source: Eurostat.

Full ranking

ICT specialists in employment by country, 2025, European Union (27 countries)
#CountryValuePeriodRelative size
1 Sweden 8.9% 2025
2 Luxembourg 8.7% 2025
3 Finland 7.8% 2025
4 Netherlands 7.2% 2025
5 Estonia 6.8%e (estimated) 2025
6 Ireland 6.2%e (estimated) 2025
7 Belgium 5.9% 2025
8 Denmark 5.7% 2025
9 Lithuania 5.7% 2025
10 Germany 5.5% 2025
11 Austria 5.4% 2025
12 Portugal 5.4% 2025
13 Croatia 4.9%e (estimated) 2025
14 Cyprus 4.9% 2025
15 France 4.9%d (definition differs (see metadata)) 2025
16 Bulgaria 4.8% 2025
17 Malta 4.8% 2025
18 Spain 4.8%d (definition differs (see metadata)) 2025
19 Czechia 4.7% 2025
20 Hungary 4.6%e (estimated) 2025
21 Latvia 4.5% 2025
22 Poland 4.5% 2025
23 Slovenia 4.5% 2025
24 Slovakia 4.4%e (estimated) 2025
25 Italy 3.8%e (estimated) 2025
26 Romania 2.7%e (estimated) 2025
27 Greece 2.5% 2025

Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.

How this ranking works

Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.

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