People who used the internet in the last three months
People who used the internet at least once in the three months before the survey, anywhere and on any device. The survey covers people aged 16 to 74.
36 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of individuals. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93.8% | 94.6% | 95.0% | 96.3% |
| 2024 | 92.8% | 93.5% | 94.1% | 95.8% |
| 2023 | 91.4% | 92.5% | 92.8% | 95.5% |
| 2022 | 89.9% | 91.6% | 90.6% | 94.5% |
| 2021 | 89.0%b (break in time series) | 91.4%b (break in time series) | 91.6% | 93.9% |
| 2020 | 87.6%e (estimated) | 94.3% | – | 93.2% |
| 2019 | 85.9% | 93.0% | 89.4% | 90.7% |
| 2018 | 83.9% | 92.4% | 88.2% | 86.1% |
| 2017 | 82.0% | 90.3% | 86.6% | 84.6% |
| 2016 | 80.2% | 89.7% | 85.6% | 80.6% |
| 2015 | 77.8% | 87.6% | 84.7% | 78.7% |
| 2014 | 76.1% | 86.2% | 83.8% | 76.2% |
| 2013 | 73.3% | 84.2% | 81.9% | 71.6% |
| 2012 | 71.6% | 82.4% | 81.4% | 69.5% |
| 2011 | 69.4% | 81.3% | 77.8% | 66.5% |
| 2010 | 66.5% | 80.0% | 75.3% | 63.5% |
| 2009 | 62.9% | 77.2% | 71.3% | 59.0% |
| 2008 | 59.4% | 75.3% | 68.2% | 55.9% |
| 2007 | 55.0% | 72.4% | 61.7% | 51.5% |
| 2006 | – | 69.3% | 46.9% | 47.3% |
| 2005 | – | 64.9% | – | 44.4% |
| 2004 | – | 61.1% | – | 40.4% |
| 2003 | – | 53.7% | – | 36.6% |
| 2002 | – | 48.8% | – | 20.4% |
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 Ireland (99.8%) and the lowest Croatia (85.9%).
- Half of the countries are above 94.4% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 31 countries and fell in 4.
- The figure for the European Union was 93.8% in 2025, against 87.6% in 2020 (+6.2 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.
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- A three-month reference window differs from the twelve-month window used in some other surveys.
Source and dates
All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Ireland 99.8%
- 2 Denmark 99.7%
- 3 Netherlands 99.7%
- 4 Luxembourg 99.1%
- 5 Switzerland 98.9%
- 6 Norway 98.8%
- 7 Kosovo 98.5%
- 8 Sweden 98.3%
- 9 Finland 98.1%
- 10 Belgium 96.5%
- 11 Spain 96.3%
- 12 Malta 96.0%
- 13 Austria 95.3%
- 14 France 95.0%
- 15 Estonia 94.9%
- 16 Germany 94.6%
- 17 Latvia 94.5%
- 18 Czechia 94.5%
- 19 Montenegro 94.2%
- 20 Cyprus 93.8%
- 21 Romania 93.2%
- 22 Hungary 92.8%
- 23 Slovakia 92.5%
- 24 North Macedonia 92.1%
- 25 Slovenia 91.6%
- 26 Italy 90.3%
- 27 Bosnia and Herzegovina 90.1%
- 28 Serbia 90.0%
- 29 Türkiye 89.8%
- 30 Poland 89.7%
- 31 Portugal 89.5%
- 32 Lithuania 89.3%
- 33 Greece 89.2%
- 34 Albania 87.2%
- 35 Bulgaria 86.9%
- 36 Croatia 85.9%
- European Union 93.8%
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- Households with internet accessEurostat
- People who use the internet dailyEurostat
- Individuals using the internet (ITU)World Bank
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.