40%
women's share of new ICT bachelor's graduates in Sweden in 2023, the highest of 42 countries; average 22%
What the chart shows
Women earned 40% of new ICT bachelor’s degrees in Sweden in 2023, the highest share of the 42 countries with data, followed by Greece (33%) and Bulgaria, Romania and South Korea (32% each). Chile is lowest at 12%; the average is 22% and the United States is at 24%.
On average, women’s share rises with degree level: 20% of short-cycle, 22% of bachelor’s and 29% of both master’s and PhD graduates. At PhD level women are at least half of ICT graduates in Latvia (86%) and Costa Rica (50%).
Key numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Sweden, bachelor's | 40% |
| Greece, bachelor's | 33% |
| United States, bachelor's | 24% |
| Chile, bachelor's | 12% |
| Average, bachelor's | 22% |
| Average, master's and PhD | 29% |
How to read it
- OECD data on graduates in information and communication technologies as compiled by the AI Index, in whole percentages. The chart shows bachelor’s level; the data file also holds short-cycle, master’s and PhD shares.
- Average is the AI Index’s average across the countries in the data. Japan has no values; Peru and Denmark lack some levels.
- Small numbers of graduates can make shares volatile, as with Latvia’s 86% at PhD level.
Source: OECD, 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 7.2.13: Percentage of new ICT postsecondary graduates who are female by country, 2022–23. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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