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ICT Manpower Indicators
LOCAL INDICES
| No | Indicator | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| 1 | ICT Workforce in the ICT sector (as per SM) | 14,617 | 14,819 | 15,211 | 15,761 | 16,157 | 16,800 | 16,980 | 16,950 | 17,300 |
| Male | 7,985 | 8,383 | 8,544 | 8,735 | 8,865 | 8,895 | 8,970 | |||
| Female | 7,226 | 7,358 | 7,613 | 8,065 | 8,115 | 8,055 | 8,330 | |||
| ICT Workforce in the ICT-BPO sector (as per EDB) | 21,000 | 21,500 | 23,000 | 23,500 | 24,000 | – | – | 30,000 | – | |
| 2 | Growth of employment in the ICT sector (base on SM figures) | #REF! | 1.4 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 1.1 | -0.2 | 2.1 |
| 3 | Percentage of workforce involved in the ICT sector by gender in large establishment | |||||||||
| (a) Male | 53.6 | 54.1 | 52.4 | 53.1 | 52.9 | 51.9 | 52.0 | 52.5 | 51.8 | |
| (b) Female | 46.4 | 45.9 | 47.6 | 46.9 | 47.1 | 48.1 | 48.0 | 47.5 | 48.2 | |
| 4 | Enrolment ratios in | |||||||||
| (a) primary, | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | – | – | – | – | |
| (b) Secondary | 80 | 80 | 78 | 78 | 77 | – | – | – | – | |
| (c) tertiary | 49.2 | 47.4 | 46.6 | 46.6 | 46.4 | – | – | – | – | |
| 5 | Number of Students examined in ICT at School Certificate (SC) level | |||||||||
| (a) Total | 5,869 | 5,662 | 6,028 | 6,019 | 5,930 | 6,280 | N/a | 6,564 | 6,922 | |
| (b) Male | 3,288 | 3,280 | 3,506 | 3,457 | 3,488 | 3,644 | N/a | 3,687 | 3,921 | |
| (c) Female | 2,581 | 2,382 | 2,522 | 2,562 | 2,442 | 2,636 | N/a | 2,877 | 3,001 | |
| 6 | Number of Students examined in ICT at Higher School Certificate (HSC) level | |||||||||
| (a) Total | 926 | 992 | 973 | 966 | 1,054 | 1,095 | N/a | 1,126 | 844 | |
| (b) Male | 547 | 586 | 581 | 613 | 634 | 637 | N/a | 695 | 500 | |
| (c) Female | 379 | 406 | 392 | 353 | 420 | 458 | N/a | 431 | 344 | |
| 7 | Percentage of Students examined in an ICT at | |||||||||
| (a) SC level | 37.5 | 36.1 | 39.0 | 39.2 | 38.6 | 40.7 | N/a | 43.0 | 44.7 | |
| (b) HSC level | 8.9 | 7.7 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 12.2 | N/a | 14.3 | 15.0 | |
| 8 | Percentage Pass rate in ICT at SC level | |||||||||
| (a) Total | 73.7 | 69.4 | 70.5 | 71.1 | 75.8 | 75.2 | N/a | 79.7 | 76.9 | |
| (b) Male | 72.2 | 68.9 | 68.1 | 70.0 | 73.4 | 73.2 | N/a | 78.3 | 74.7 | |
| (c) Female | 73.1 | 70.2 | 73.7 | 72.6 | 79.1 | 77.9 | N/a | 81.5 | 79.7 | |
| 9 | Percentage Pass rate in ICT at HSC level | |||||||||
| (a) Total | 81.4 | 53.0 | 60.5 | 61.7 | 64.2 | 65.1 | N/a | 75.8 | 73.3 | |
| (b) Male | 79.7 | 49.0 | 62.3 | 61.3 | 62.6 | 62.5 | N/a | 74.7 | 72.2 | |
| (c) Female | 80.7 | 56.0 | 57.9 | 62.3 | 66.7 | 68.8 | N/a | 77.7 | 75.0 | |
| 10 | Students enrolled in an ICT field or an ICT- dominated field at Tertiary level | |||||||||
| (a) Number | 4,051 | 3,920 | 3,886 | 3,697 | 3,438 | 4,289 | 4,022 | 4,574 | 4,441 | |
| (b) Percentage | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 8.8 | |
| 11 | ICT Professionals supply from tertiary institutions. | 1,200 | 1,100 | 900 | 860 | – | 955 | 800 | 800 (prov) | 1,080 |
| 12 | Percentage of tertiary education institutions with e-learning courses (of the total number of tertiary education institutions) | – | 12.9 | 15.6 | 13.6 | 16.0 | 11.5 * | 6.7 | 7.1 | |
| 13 | % students studying ICT overseas at tertiary level | 0.8 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
| – | Not Available |
| * | excludes institutions who had to resort to online teaching due to COVID. |
| N/a | The figure of year 2020 is combined with the figure of 2021 and should be read as 2021/2022 |