Internet use in the last three months in Netherlands
99.7% of people aged 16 to 74 in Netherlands had used the internet in the previous three months in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2002.
Netherlands, 2025
99.7%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
European Union, 2025
93.8%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
94.5%
Position in 2025
3rd of 36
Internet use in the last three months in Netherlands over time
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% of individuals. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Netherlands | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99.7% | 93.8% |
| 2024 | 99.5% | 92.8% |
| 2023 | 99.2% | 91.4% |
| 2022 | 94.7% | 89.9% |
| 2021 | 94.5% | 89.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 94.0% | 87.6%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 96.1% | 85.9% |
| 2018 | 94.7% | 83.9% |
| 2017 | 95.3% | 82.0% |
| 2016 | 93.3% | 80.2% |
| 2015 | 93.1% | 77.8% |
| 2014 | 93.2% | 76.1% |
| 2013 | 94.0% | 73.3% |
| 2012 | 92.9% | 71.6% |
| 2011 | 91.4% | 69.4% |
| 2010 | 90.3% | 66.5% |
| 2009 | 88.9% | 62.9% |
| 2008 | 86.6% | 59.4% |
| 2007 | 84.4% | 55.0% |
| 2006 | 81.0% | – |
| 2005 | 79.1% | – |
| 2004 | 68.5% | – |
| 2003 | 64.4% | – |
| 2002 | 61.3% | – |
Flags: e estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 99.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 93.1%, the figure has changed by +6.6 percentage points.
- Among the 36 countries with data for 2025, Netherlands has the 3rd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 93.8%.