39,213
new short-cycle ICT graduates in the US in 2023, about the level of an associate's degree, up 1.2% on 2022; Spain 20,932

What the chart shows

At short-cycle tertiary level, which roughly matches a US associate’s degree, the United States produced 39,213 new ICT graduates in 2023, 1.9 times Spain (20,932) or Turkey (20,884). Canada (15,885) and Colombia (14,867) follow.

Turkey grew fastest of the 15 countries shown, up 27% on 2022, followed by Mexico (22%) and Spain (18%). The US count rose 1.2%. France’s almost halved, from 10,820 to 5,835, and Australia’s fell 27%.

Key numbers

MeasureValue
United States, 202339,213
Spain, 202320,932
Turkey, 202320,884
Turkey, 202216,464
France, 20235,835
France, 202210,820

How to read it

  • ICT follows the OECD’s International Standard Classification of Education: informatics, information and communication technologies, and computer science.
  • Counts include everyone graduating from a country’s institutions, whatever their nationality. The OECD data covers its members and some other countries; India, China and most of Africa are missing, and 2023 is the latest year.
  • 2022 values come from the same file and are used only for the year-on-year changes.
Source: OECD, 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 7.2.9: New ICT short-cycle tertiary graduates by country, 2022–23. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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