EU countries by share of people using the internet

Name: EU countries by share of people using the internet, 2016
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Luxembourg had the highest share of people using the internet of 27 EU countries in 2016, at 97.5%. Bulgaria had the lowest, at 59.5%. The median was 80.5% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 80.2%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest97.5Luxembourg

Lowest59.5Bulgaria

Median80.527 EU countries

European Union (27)80.2History

All EU countries, 2016

CSV Chart (SVG)

%. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2016 (%)	Change on 2015
1	Luxembourg	97.5	+0.2 pts
2	Denmark	97	+0.6 pts
3	Finland	93.9	+1.6 pts
4	Sweden Series break	93.3	+2.7 pts
5	Netherlands	93.3	+0.2 pts
6	Germany	89.7	+2.1 pts
7	Estonia	87.2	-1.2 pts
8	Belgium	86.5	+1.5 pts
9	France	85.6	+0.9 pts
10	Austria	84.3	+0.4 pts
11	Czechia	82.2	+0.9 pts
11	Ireland	82.2	+2 pts
13	Spain	80.6	+1.9 pts
14	Slovakia	80.5	+2.9 pts
15	Latvia Series break	79.8	+0.6 pts
16	Hungary	79.3	+6.4 pts
17	Malta	78.1	+1.3 pts
18	Cyprus	75.9	+4.2 pts
19	Slovenia	75.5	+2.4 pts
20	Lithuania	74.4	+3 pts
21	Poland	73.3	+5.3 pts
22	Croatia	72.7	+2.9 pts
23	Portugal	70.4	+1.8 pts
24	Greece	69.1	+2.3 pts
25	Italy	68.9	+3.3 pts
26	Romania	59.5	+3.7 pts
27	Bulgaria	59.5	+2.8 pts

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About this ranking

Share of people aged 16 to 74 who used the internet in the three months before the survey, at any place and on any device.

Eurostat survey on ICT usage in households and by individuals, ages 16 to 74 only. It is a separate series from the ITU share of internet users published by the World Bank, which follows each country's own age range and includes ITU estimates.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Individuals, internet use in the last 3 months (isoc_ci_ifp_iu). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ci_ifp_iu/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Questions

Which EU country has the highest share of people using the internet?

Luxembourg, with 97.5% in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest share of people using the internet?

Bulgaria, with 59.5% in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Individuals, internet use in the last 3 months (isoc_ci_ifp_iu). Retrieved 2026-10-09.