The value added of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector in the EU in 2021 was equivalent to 5.5% of all EU gross value added, with 4.7% accounted for by ICT services and 0.8% of ICT production, show data released today by Eurostat.
At the same time, Bulgaria was 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.
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%), show the statistics cited by BNR.
