Bulgaria is third in the EU in terms of the highest added value of information and communication services – Business

In 2021, the value added of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector in the EU was equivalent to 5.5% of the EU’s European gross value added, with 4.7% accounted for by ICT services and 0.8% by manufacturing of ICT, show data from the official statistics Eurostat.

The country with the highest ICT gross value added is Malta (10.3%), while Greece has the lowest percentage (3.5%).

Bulgaria is among the three EU countries with the highest percentage of gross added value from ICT services (7.3%), surpassed only by Malta (with 9.4%) and Cyprus (with 8.9%).

Meanwhile, Hungary (with 1.2%), Malta (with 0.8%), Latvia and Slovakia (both 0.6%) have the highest share of gross value added from the production of information and communication technologies.

Added value of the ICT sector in the EU in 2021.

As for the share of ICT employment in total employment, the EU average is 3.2% in 2021, further Eurostat data shows.

Between 2011 and 2021, among EU countries with 2021 data, only Denmark recorded a decrease in ICT employment relative to total employment (by 0.6 percentage points), while Latvia and Estonia recorded the largest increase in the share of ICT employment – by 2.5 and 2.2 percentage points, respectively.

In 2021, the highest shares of ICT employment to total employment were recorded in Ireland (6.1%), Estonia (5.6%) and Sweden (5.2%), and the lowest in Greece (1.7%), Poland and Portugal (both with 3.0%).

Employment in the ICT sector as a % of total employment in the EU in 2011 and 2021.