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People with basic digital skills

36 European countries compared for 2025, eu average 60.4 %. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking

83.6 %

Netherlands

EU average

60.4 %

27 member states

Median country

59.4 %

half above, half below

Range

27.7 to 83.6

Albania - Netherlands

How to read it

Across 36 countries, the highest value is in Netherlands (83.6 %) and the lowest in Albania (27.7 %).

Half of the countries are above 59.4 % and half below.

The EU average is 60.4 %; 17 of 36 countries are above it.

Individuals' level of digital skills (from 2021 onwards)
Percentage of individuals · All individuals · Individuals with basic or above basic overall digital skills (all five component indicators are at basic or above basic level)

Eurostat methods can differ from the World Bank data used elsewhere on the site - source and licence.

Digital skills over time

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Ranking of countries

2025

In chart
Netherlands in chart	1	Netherlands	83.6	+23.2
Ireland in chart	2	Ireland	82.8	+22.4
Denmark in chart	3	Denmark	81.5	+21.1
Finland in chart	4	Finland	81.0	+20.6
Norway in chart	5	Norway non-EU	79.8	+19.4
Switzerland in chart	6	Switzerland non-EU	78.0	+17.6
Kosovo in chart	7	Kosovo non-EU	75.6	+15.2
Czechia in chart	8	Czechia	70.5	+10.1
Sweden in chart	9	Sweden	70.0	+9.6
Austria in chart	10	Austria	69.8	+9.4
Malta in chart	11	Malta	66.8	+6.4
Spain in chart	12	Spain	66.5	+6.1
France in chart	13	France	65.7	+5.3
Croatia in chart	14	Croatia	63.4	+3.0
Estonia in chart	15	Estonia	62.5	+2.1
Luxembourg in chart	16	Luxembourg	62.4	+2.0
Belgium in chart	17	Belgium	61.2	+0.8
Germany in chart	18	Germany	59.6	−0.9
Portugal in chart	19	Portugal	59.2	−1.3
Hungary in chart	20	Hungary	57.3	−3.1
Cyprus in chart	21	Cyprus	55.8	−4.7
Italy in chart	22	Italy	54.3	−6.1
Lithuania in chart	23	Lithuania	53.8	−6.6
Slovakia in chart	24	Slovakia	53.6	−6.8
Greece in chart	25	Greece	51.0	−9.4
Poland in chart	26	Poland	50.4	−10.0
Latvia in chart	27	Latvia	48.4	−12.0
Slovenia in chart	28	Slovenia	46.5	−13.9
Montenegro in chart	29	Montenegro non-EU	44.2	−16.2
Serbia in chart	30	Serbia non-EU	42.0	−18.4
Bulgaria in chart	31	Bulgaria	38.3	−22.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina in chart	32	Bosnia and Herzegovina non-EU	36.3	−24.2
Romania in chart	33	Romania	31.8	−28.6
Türkiye in chart	34	Türkiye non-EU	31.5	−28.9
North Macedonia in chart	35	North Macedonia non-EU	28.5	−31.9
Albania in chart	36	Albania non-EU	27.7	−32.8

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