EU countries by households with internet access at home

The Netherlands had the highest households with internet access at home of 26 EU countries in 2020, at 97%. Bulgaria had the lowest, at 78.9%. The median was 90.2% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 91.3%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest97Netherlands

Lowest78.9Bulgaria

Median90.226 EU countries

European Union (27)91.3History

Map of EU countries, 2020

Under 86
86 to 90
90 to 94
94 and over
No data

%, 2020. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Eurostat, Level of internet access, households, all household types (isoc_ci_in_h). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2020

%. Source: Eurostat, Level of internet access, households, all household types (isoc_ci_in_h). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2020 (%)	Change on 2019
1	Netherlands	97	-1.5 pts
2	Finland	96	+1.6 pts
3	Germany	95.8	+1 pts
4	Spain	95.4	+3.9 pts
5	Denmark	95.3	-0.2 pts
6	Sweden	93.9	-2.1 pts
7	Luxembourg	93.6	-1.6 pts
8	Cyprus	92.8	+3.2 pts
9	Ireland	91.8	+1.2 pts
10	Belgium	90.9	+1.1 pts
11	Austria	90.4	+0.5 pts
12	Poland	90.4	+3.6 pts
13	Malta	90.4	+4.3 pts
14	Estonia	90	-0.5 pts
15	Slovenia	90	+1 pts
16	Latvia	89.7	+4.3 pts
17	Italy	88.1	+2.9 pts
18	Czechia	88	+1 pts
19	Hungary	87.6	+1.4 pts
20	Romania	86.2	+2.6 pts
21	Slovakia	85.8	+3.6 pts
22	Croatia	85	+4.5 pts
23	Portugal	84.5	+3.5 pts
24	Lithuania	82.1	+0.6 pts
25	Greece	80.4	+1.8 pts
26	Bulgaria	78.9	+3.8 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Households where any member can use the internet at home, by any device or connection, as a percentage of all households with at least one member aged 16 to 74.

Measures access at home, whether or not anyone used it. A separate series from households_broadband_subscription_share, the US Census Bureau share of households with a paid broadband subscription, and from internet_use_last_3_months, a share of people.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. 1 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Level of internet access, households, all household types (isoc_ci_in_h). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ci_in_h/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Level of internet access, households, all household types (isoc_ci_in_h) (EU countries by households with internet access at home, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ci_in_h/default/table

MLA 9

Level of internet access, households, all household types (isoc_ci_in_h), EU countries by households with internet access at home, 2020. Eurostat, European Commission, 25 June 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ci_in_h/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households-internet-access/eu-countries?period=2020. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Level of internet access, households, all household types (isoc_ci_in_h). EU countries by households with internet access at home, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ci_in_h/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households-internet-access/eu-countries?period=2020.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Level of internet access, households, all household types (isoc_ci_in_h), EU countries by households with internet access at home, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ci_in_h/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/households-internet-access/eu-countries?period=2020 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ci_in_h/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
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Which EU country has the highest households with internet access at home?

The Netherlands, with 97% in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest households with internet access at home?

Bulgaria, with 78.9% in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Level of internet access, households, all household types (isoc_ci_in_h). Retrieved 2026-10-18. 1 EU countries have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.