EU countries by share of people using the internet

Name: EU countries by share of people using the internet, 2017
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Luxembourg had the highest share of people using the internet of 27 EU countries in 2017, at 97.4%. Bulgaria had the lowest, at 63.4%. The median was 81.3% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 82%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest97.4Luxembourg

Lowest63.4Bulgaria

Median81.327 EU countries

European Union (27)82History

All EU countries, 2017

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2017 (%)	Change on 2016
1	Luxembourg	97.4	-0.1 pts
2	Denmark	97.1	+0.1 pts
3	Sweden	96.2	+2.9 pts
4	Netherlands	95.3	+2 pts
5	Finland	93.7	-0.2 pts
6	Germany	90.3	+0.6 pts
7	Estonia	88.1	+0.9 pts
8	Austria	87.9	+3.6 pts
9	Belgium	87.7	+1.2 pts
10	France	86.6	+0.9 pts
11	Czechia	84.6	+2.5 pts
12	Spain	84.6	+4 pts
13	Slovakia	81.6	+1.1 pts
14	Latvia	81.3	+1.5 pts
15	Ireland	81.2	-0.9 pts
16	Malta	80.8	+2.7 pts
17	Cyprus	80.7	+4.8 pts
18	Slovenia	78.9	+3.4 pts
19	Lithuania	77.6	+3.2 pts
20	Hungary	76.8	-2.5 pts
21	Poland	76	+2.7 pts
22	Portugal	73.8	+3.4 pts
23	Italy	71	+2.1 pts
24	Greece	69.9	+0.8 pts
25	Croatia	67.1	-5.6 pts
26	Romania	63.8	+4.3 pts
27	Bulgaria	63.4	+3.9 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 97.4% in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Bulgaria, with 63.4% in 2017.

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.