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ICT specialists as a share of total employment (proxy for software jobs per capita)

Germany has 5.2% of total employment in ICT specialist roles (OECD), a strong cross-country proxy for software jobs per capita and tech workforce intensity.

Source: OECD31 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
4.9%
Median: 4.8%
Countries Covered
31
with available data
Highest
Sweden
8.6%
Lowest
Türkiye
2.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Sweden8.6%
2Finland8.3%
3Estonia7.8%
4Netherlands6.9%
5Denmark6.8%
By Region
Oceania5.3%(2 countries)
Europe5.2%(24 countries)
North America4.7%(2 countries)
Asia2.4%(2 countries)
Other2.0%(1 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (2.0%)High (8.6%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 4.9%)

Oceania (2)
Europe (24)
North America (2)
Asia (2)
Other (1)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Germany has 5.2% of total employment in ICT specialist roles (OECD), a strong cross-country proxy for software jobs per capita and tech workforce intensity. Source: OECD.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Sweden8.6%
2Finland8.3%
3Estonia7.8%
4Netherlands6.9%
5Denmark6.8%
6Ireland6.7%
7United Kingdom6.5%
8Australia5.6%
9Norway5.5%
10Germany5.2%
11Switzerland5.1%
12Canada5.0%
13New Zealand5.0%
14Czech Republic4.9%
15Luxembourg4.9%
16Austria4.8%
17Portugal4.7%
18France4.6%
19Poland4.5%
20Slovenia4.4%
21Spain4.3%
22United States of America4.3%
23Lithuania4.1%
24Belgium4.0%
25Hungary3.8%
26Italy3.7%
27Slovakia3.3%
28South Korea2.6%
29Greece2.5%
30Japan2.1%
31Türkiye2.0%
Showing 31 of 31 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from OECD (2023).

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