Specifically, 970,000 people participated in the activities organized in more than 50 countries around the world. This represents a 70% increase in participants compared with the edition of 2105. The aim, as every year, has been learning how to program and encourage youth to train in this specialty.
Almost half (46%) of people who were scheduled during the EU Code Week 2016 were girls or women and the average age of participants was 11 years. Although they carry out actions in different spaces and people of all ages, schools and youth were most involved. They worked with hardware and robots to develop computational thinking.
This initiative has been replicated in Africa with the Africa Code Week. 430,000 young people have participated in 30 different countries.
2017 marks the fifth anniversary of the Europe Week Code. This years edition will be held for two weeks, from 7 to 22 October, instead of one, to meet the different school holiday periods in Europe.