Basic digital skills in European Union
60.4% of people aged 16 to 74 in the European Union had at least basic digital skills in 2025.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
60.4%
Change from 2023
+4.8percentage points
Basic digital skills in European Union over time
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European Union
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% of individuals. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 60.4% |
| 2023 | 55.6% |
| 2021 | 53.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 55.6% in 2023, a change of +4.8 percentage points.
- Since 2021, when it was 53.9%, the figure has changed by +6.5 percentage points.
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