People with at least basic digital skills

People whose skills are at basic or above basic level in all five areas of the Digital Skills Indicator 2.0: information and data literacy, communication, content creation, safety and problem solving. Survey of people aged 16 to 74; collected every two years.

Unit: % of individuals Frequency: Annual Coverage: 37 countries and 1 group 2021 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Highest in 2025 83.6% Netherlands Lowest in 2025 27.7% Albania
European Union, 2025 60.4% Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025 36 Updated by the source on 17 April 2026

36 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.

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% of individuals. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People with at least basic digital skills (% of individuals), 2021 to 2025
Period GermanyLithuania
2025 59.6% 53.8%
2023 52.2% 52.9%
2021 48.9% 48.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • Among the 36 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Netherlands (83.6%) and the lowest Albania (27.7%).
  • Half of the countries are above 59.3% and half below.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 60.4%.

About this measure

Definition
People whose skills are at basic or above basic level in all five areas of the Digital Skills Indicator 2.0: information and data literacy, communication, content creation, safety and problem solving. Survey of people aged 16 to 74; collected every two years.
Population covered
Individuals aged 16 to 74
Unit
% of individuals
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percentage points (the difference between two rates)

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
isoc_sk_dskl_i21 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A ind_type=IND_TOTAL indic_is=I_DSK2_BAB unit=PC_IND
Observation period
2021 to 2025
Provider update
17 April 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat

All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Netherlands 83.6%
  2. 2 Ireland 82.8%
  3. 3 Denmark 81.5%
  4. 4 Finland 81.0%
  5. 5 Norway 79.8%
  6. 6 Switzerland 78.0%
  7. 7 Kosovo 75.6%
  8. 8 Czechia 70.5%
  9. 9 Sweden 70.0%
  10. 10 Austria 69.8%
  11. 11 Malta 66.8%
  12. 12 Spain 66.5%
  13. 13 France 65.7%
  14. 14 Croatia 63.4%
  15. 15 Estonia 62.5%
  16. 16 Luxembourg 62.4%
  17. 17 Belgium 61.2%
  18. 18 Germany 59.6%
  19. 19 Portugal 59.2%
  20. 20 Hungary 57.3%
  21. 21 Cyprus 55.8%
  22. 22 Italy 54.3%
  23. 23 Lithuania 53.8%
  24. 24 Slovakia 53.6%
  25. 25 Greece 51.0%
  26. 26 Poland 50.4%
  27. 27 Latvia 48.4%
  28. 28 Slovenia 46.5%
  29. 29 Montenegro 44.2%
  30. 30 Serbia 42.0%
  31. 31 Bulgaria 38.3%
  32. 32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 36.3%
  33. 33 Romania 31.8%
  34. 34 Türkiye 31.5%
  35. 35 North Macedonia 28.5%
  36. 36 Albania 27.7%
  37. European Union 60.4%
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.