ICT sector share of employment
Persons employed in the ICT sector as a percentage of total employment in the economy (national accounts).
More on how it is measured
- The ICT sector follows the OECD definition: ICT manufacturing and ICT services, including telecommunications, software publishing and computer programming.
- Eurostat, from structural business statistics and national accounts.
Counts everyone who works in ICT industries, including sales and administrative staff, and leaves out ICT specialists in other industries: ict_specialists_employment_share counts ICT occupations in every industry. Eurostat flags a break in 2021.
Key facts
- ICT sector share of employment in the European Union (27) was 3.38% in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Ireland had the highest ICT sector share of employment of 23 EU countries in 2023, at 6.13%, and Greece the lowest, at 1.89%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 26 places, with figures from 2008 to 2023.
Rankings
EU countries by ICT sector share of employment, 2023
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Portugal
- Denmark
- Finland
- Slovenia
- Greece
- Slovakia
- Sweden
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest ICT sector share of employment? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"ict_sector_employment_share","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=ict_sector_employment_share&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)