Households with internet access
Households with internet access at home, by any type of connection. The survey covers households with at least one member aged 16 to 74. This measures access at home, not whether individuals use the internet.
36 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of households. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94.8% | 93.6% | 94.4% | 97.4% |
| 2024 | 94.2% | 92.7% | 94.4% | 96.8% |
| 2023 | 93.1% | 91.7% | 93.3% | 96.5% |
| 2022 | 92.4% | 91.4% | 92.3% | 96.1% |
| 2021 | 92.3%b (break in time series) | 91.9%b (break in time series) | 93.3% | 95.9% |
| 2020 | 91.3%e (estimated) | 95.8% | – | 95.4% |
| 2019 | 89.7% | 94.8% | 90.2% | 91.4% |
| 2018 | 87.9% | 94.4% | 88.6% | 86.4% |
| 2017 | 85.8% | 92.9% | 86.4% | 83.4% |
| 2016 | 84.2% | 92.1% | 85.9% | 81.9% |
| 2015 | 81.4% | 90.3% | 82.6% | 78.8% |
| 2014 | 79.6% | 89.5% | 83.0% | 74.4% |
| 2013 | 77.2% | 87.8% | 81.7% | 69.7% |
| 2012 | 74.5% | 85.5% | 80.0% | 66.6% |
| 2011 | 71.6% | 83.3% | 75.9% | 62.7% |
| 2010 | 68.5% | 82.5% | 73.6% | 57.8% |
| 2009 | 64.2% | 79.1% | 68.9% | 52.9% |
| 2008 | 58.6% | 74.9% | 62.3% | 49.9% |
| 2007 | 53.0% | 70.7% | 55.1% | 43.5% |
| 2006 | – | 67.1% | 40.9% | 38.0% |
| 2005 | – | 61.6% | – | 35.5% |
| 2004 | – | 60.0% | 33.6% | 33.6% |
| 2003 | – | 54.1% | 31.0% | 27.6% |
| 2002 | – | 46.1% | 23.0% | – |
Flags: b break in time series; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 36 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Kosovo (99.4%) and the lowest Croatia (87.9%).
- Half of the countries are above 95.4% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 28 countries and fell in 7.
- The figure for the European Union was 94.8% in 2025, against 91.3% in 2020 (+3.5 percentage points). The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
About this measure
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- Household access is a different measure from individual internet use.
Source and dates
All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Kosovo 99.4%
- 2 Netherlands 99.3%
- 3 Albania 99.3%
- 4 Luxembourg 99.1%
- 5 Norway 99.0%
- 6 Switzerland 99.0%
- 7 Malta 97.8%
- 8 Finland 97.6%
- 9 Cyprus 97.5%
- 10 Spain 97.4%
- 11 Denmark 97.4%
- 12 Poland 96.2%
- 13 Türkiye 96.2%
- 14 Sweden 95.7%
- 15 Ireland 95.5%
- 16 Czechia 95.5%
- 17 Romania 95.5%
- 18 Austria 95.5%
- 19 Estonia 95.4%
- 20 Belgium 94.7%
- 21 France 94.4%
- 22 Italy 94.1%
- 23 Latvia 94.1%
- 24 Hungary 93.9%
- 25 Germany 93.6%
- 26 Slovenia 93.5%
- 27 Bulgaria 92.8%
- 28 Slovakia 92.5%
- 29 North Macedonia 91.2%
- 30 Portugal 91.1%
- 31 Serbia 90.1%
- 32 Lithuania 89.4%
- 33 Greece 88.7%
- 34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 88.2%
- 35 Montenegro 88.1%
- 36 Croatia 87.9%
- European Union 94.8%
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.