Science, technology and digital society

Digital economy and society statistics — households and individuals

Figure 1: Internet access and broadband internet connections of households, EU-28, 2007–2016
(% of all households)

Broadband
Internet access connections
2007 55 42
2008 60 48
2009 66 56
2010 70 61
2011 73 67
2012 76 72
2013 79 76
2014 81 78
2015 83 80
2016 85 83

Source: Eurostat (online data codes: isoc_ci_in_h and isoc_ci_it_h)

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Figure 2: Internet access of households, 2011 and 2016

(% of all households)

2011 2016
EU-28 73 85

Luxembourg 91 97
Netherlands 94 97
Denmark 90 94
Sweden (¹) 91 94
United Kingdom 83 93
Germany 83 92
Finland 84 92
Ireland 78 87
Estonia (¹) 69 86
France 76 86
Belgium 77 85
Austria 75 85
Czech Republic 67 82
Spain 63 82
Malta 75 82
Slovakia 71 81
Poland 67 80
Hungary 63 79
Italy 62 79
Slovenia 73 78
Croatia 61 77
Latvia (¹) 64 77
Cyprus 57 74
Portugal 58 74
Lithuania 60 72
Romania (¹) 47 72
Greece 50 69
Bulgaria 45 64

Norway 92 97
Iceland (²) 93 96
Switzerland (²)(³) : 91
Turkey (⁴) 47 76
FYR of Macedonia (⁴) 58 75
Serbia (³)(⁵) : 64
Montenegro (⁴)(⁶) 55 :

(¹) Break in series.

(²) 2014 instead of 2016.
(³) 2011: not available.
(⁴) 2012 instead of 2011.
(⁵) 2015 instead of 2016.
(⁶) 2016: not available.
Source: Eurostat (online data code: isoc_ci_in_h)
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Figure 3: Internet access in households by degree of urbanisation, 2016

(% of all households)

Towns and
Cities suburbs Rural areas Total
EU-28 88 86 80 85

Luxembourg 95 96 99 97
Netherlands 96 97 96 97
Denmark 95 94 94 94
Sweden 97 94 89 94
United Kingdom 93 94 95 93
Germany 93 92 91 92
Finland 95 92 88 92
Ireland 90 89 83 87
Estonia 90 83 83 86
France 86 85 84 86
Belgium 84 85 86 85
Austria 88 85 83 85
Czech Republic 86 82 78 82
Spain 85 83 76 82
Malta (¹) 82 82 75 82
Slovakia 85 82 77 81
Poland 82 80 79 80
Hungary 86 81 70 79
Italy 81 79 74 79
Slovenia 84 78 76 78
Croatia 79 79 75 77
Latvia 82 74 74 77
Cyprus 76 75 70 74
Portugal 81 75 60 74
Lithuania 79 75 65 72
Romania 84 74 61 72
Greece 77 74 53 69
Bulgaria 73 63 48 64

Norway 98 97 96 97
Iceland (²) 97 98 92 96
Switzerland (²) 91 92 88 91

Note: ranked on overall internet access.

(¹) Rural areas: low reliability.
(²) 2014.
Source: Eurostat (online data code: isoc_ci_in_h)
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Figure 4: Frequency of internet use, 2016

(% of individuals aged 16 to 74)

At least once a
Used in the last week (but not every
three months day) Daily use
EU-28 82 8 71

Denmark 97 5 89
Luxembourg 97 4 93
United Kingdom 95 5 88
Finland 94 6 85
Netherlands 93 6 86
Sweden 93 6 85
Germany 90 9 78
Belgium 87 10 74
Estonia 87 8 77
France 86 11 70
Austria 84 10 72
Czech Republic 82 13 65
Ireland 82 10 70
Spain 81 10 67
Latvia 80 9 68
Slovakia 80 11 68
Hungary 79 7 71
Malta 77 6 70
Cyprus 76 6 69
Slovenia 75 9 64
Lithuania 74 11 60
Croatia 73 7 63
Poland 73 13 57
Portugal 70 8 60
Greece 69 9 57
Italy 69 1 66
Romania 60 14 42
Bulgaria 59 9 49

Iceland (¹) 98 3 94
Norway 97 4 92
Switzerland (¹) 90 11 76
FYR of Macedonia 72 9 61
Serbia (²) 65 7 55
Turkey 58 7 49

(¹) 2014.
(²) 2015.
Source: Eurostat (online data codes: isoc_ci_ifp_iu and isoc_ci_ifp_fu)
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Figure 5: Individuals who used a portable computer or a handheld device to access the internet away from home or work, 2012 and 2016
(% of individuals aged 16 to 74)

2012 2016
EU-28 36 59

Denmark 61 82
United Kingdom 63 81
Sweden (¹) 70 80
Luxembourg 63 78
Netherlands 55 78
Finland 56 76
Spain 38 72
Belgium 44 71
Ireland 51 69
Germany 31 68
Austria 45 65
Malta 40 63
Estonia (¹) 37 62
Cyprus 25 62
France (¹) 43 61
Hungary 18 58
Slovakia 38 58
Slovenia 30 54
Croatia 38 52
Portugal 21 51
Czech Republic (¹)(²) 29 50
Latvia (¹) 25 48
Greece 23 47
Bulgaria 13 45
Lithuania 17 45
Romania (¹) 7 44
Poland 22 32
Italy 16 29

Norway 75 80
Iceland (³) 60 68
Switzerland (³)(⁴) : 60
Montenegro (⁵) 34 :
FYR of Macedonia 17 57
Turkey 14 53

Note: defined as using the internet away from home or work on portable computers or handheld devices via mobile phone networks or wireless connections.
(¹) Break in series.
(²) 2013 instead of 2012.
(³) 2014 instead of 2016.
(⁴) 2012: not available.
(⁵) 2016: not available.
Source: Eurostat (online data code: isoc_ci_im_i)
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Figure 6: Individuals who used the internet for participation in social networking, 2016
(% of individuals aged 16 to 74)

(%)
EU-28 52

Denmark 74
Sweden 70
Belgium 69
United Kingdom 69
Luxembourg 67
Hungary 66
Malta 63
Netherlands 62
Finland 62
Cyprus 60
Ireland 58
Estonia 57
Latvia 57
Slovakia 57
Spain 54
Portugal 52
Germany 50
Croatia 50
Lithuania 50
Austria 49
Greece 47
Bulgaria 45
Czech Republic 45
Poland 44
Romania 44
Italy 42
France 40
Slovenia 38

Iceland (¹) 83
Norway 76
FYR of Macedonia 60
Serbia (²) 49
Turkey 48
Switzerland (¹) 43

(¹) 2014.
(²) 2015.
Source: Eurostat (online data code: isoc_bde15cua)

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Figure 7: Proportion of individuals who did not provide any personal information over the internet, 2016
(% of individuals who used internet within the last year)

(%)
EU-28 28

Romania 69
Portugal 51
Bulgaria 50
Poland 49
Italy 45
Lithuania 44
Slovenia 41
Cyprus 39
Croatia 35
Hungary 35
Czech Republic 32
Latvia 30
Malta 30
Belgium 28
France 27
Spain 26
Slovakia 26
Ireland 24
Estonia 23
Austria 20
Finland 20
Germany 19
Greece 17
Denmark 16
Netherlands 15
United Kingdom 11
Luxembourg 8

FYR of Macedonia 49
Turkey 37
Norway 12

Note: Sweden: not available.

Source: Eurostat (online data code: isoc_cisci_prv)
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Figure 8: Use of cookies and browser settings, 2016

(% of individuals who used internet within the last year)

Proportion of Proportion of
individuals who individuals that have
know that cookies ever changed the
can be used to trace settings in their
movements of internet browser to
people on the prevent or limit the
internet amount of cookies
EU-28 71 35

Netherlands 89 40
Germany 85 49
Finland 85 47
Denmark 81 28
Croatia 78 30
Italy 77 25
Luxembourg 76 54
Austria 76 42
Belgium 74 37
Ireland 71 29
Hungary 70 26
France 69 38
United Kingdom 68 40
Slovenia 67 22
Lithuania 66 28
Portugal 66 35
Czech Republic 64 18
Estonia 64 37
Spain 63 31
Poland 59 26
Malta 56 32
Greece 55 24
Bulgaria 52 14
Slovakia 50 23
Cyprus 48 13
Latvia 47 12
Romania 38 15

Norway 63 26
FYR of Macedonia 30 21
Turkey 30 15

Note: Sweden: not available.

Source: Eurostat (online data code: isoc_cisci_prv)
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Figure 9: Individuals who ordered goods or services over the internet for private use in the 12 months prior to the survey, 2012 and 2016
(% of individuals aged 16 to 74)

2012 2016
EU-28 44 55

United Kingdom 73 83
Denmark 73 82
Luxembourg 68 78
Sweden (¹) 74 76
Germany 65 74
Netherlands 65 74
Finland 65 67
France 57 66
Ireland 46 59
Austria 48 58
Belgium 45 57
Estonia (¹) 23 56
Slovakia 45 56
Malta 44 48
Czech Republic 32 47
Spain 30 44
Latvia (¹) 27 44
Poland 30 42
Slovenia 34 40
Hungary 25 39
Croatia 23 33
Lithuania 20 33
Greece 20 31
Portugal 22 31
Italy 17 29
Cyprus 21 29
Bulgaria 9 17
Romania (¹) 5 12

Norway 76 78
Switzerland (²)(³) : 67
Iceland (²) 54 66
Serbia (³)(⁴) : 22
Turkey 9 17
Montenegro (⁵) 6 :
FYR of Macedonia 5 15

(¹) Break in series.

(²) 2014 instead of 2016.
(³) 2012: not available.
(⁴) 2015 instead of 2016.
(⁵) 2016: not available.
Source: Eurostat (online data code: isoc_ec_ibuy)