Cyprus recorded one of the highest shares in the EU of ICT-educated workers with tertiary qualifications in 2025, according to Eurostat data published on Friday.
The figures show that 96.4% of workers in Cyprus with an educational background in information and communication technologies held a university-level qualification, placing the country among the top performers in the bloc.
At the same time, the sector remained heavily male-dominated. Men accounted for 85.1% of ICT-educated workers in Cyprus in 2025, compared with 14.9% for women. In 2024, the corresponding shares were 70.9% for men and 29.1% for women.
Across the EU, 3.4 million people with an ICT education were employed in 2025, up 5.1% from 3.2 million in 2024. Men continued to make up the overwhelming majority, representing 83.4% of the total, or 2.8 million workers, while women accounted for 16.6%.
Although the number of women employed with an ICT education has increased over the longer term, from 0.4 million in 2015 to 0.6 million in 2025, their overall share has remained broadly unchanged. Compared with 2024, the number of women in the sector fell by 2.6%, while their share declined by 1.3 percentage points, from 17.9% to 16.6%.
The highest proportions of men among ICT-educated workers were recorded in Czechia, at 92.9%, followed by Slovenia at 89.1%, Latvia at 89.0%, Lithuania at 88.9% and Slovakia at 88.4%.
For women, the highest shares were recorded in Denmark, at 30.0%, Sweden at 29.8%, Romania at 28.6%, Bulgaria at 25.6% and Croatia at 25.2%.
Eurostat also found that most ICT-educated workers in the EU had completed tertiary education. In 2025, 74.8% held a university-level qualification, while 25.2% had completed secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary education.
The highest shares of tertiary education among ICT-educated workers were recorded in Denmark, at 97.7%, and France, at 96.6%. Cyprus followed at 96.4%, ahead of Ireland at 92.3%, Bulgaria at 91.1% and Croatia at 90.9%.
At the other end of the scale, Italy and Portugal recorded the highest shares of ICT-educated workers without tertiary qualifications, at 69.2% and 58.8% respectively.
Source: CNA
