EU countries by share of people using the internet

Name: EU countries by share of people using the internet, 2018
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Denmark had the highest share of people using the internet of 27 EU countries in 2018, at 97.6%. Bulgaria had the lowest, at 64.8%. The median was 83.6% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 83.9%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest97.6Denmark

Lowest64.8Bulgaria

Median83.627 EU countries

European Union (27)83.9History

All EU countries, 2018

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2018 (%)	Change on 2017
1	Denmark	97.6	+0.5 pts
2	Luxembourg Series break	96.5	-0.8 pts
3	Netherlands	94.7	-0.7 pts
4	Finland	94.4	+0.7 pts
5	Germany	92.4	+2.1 pts
6	Sweden	92.1	-4.1 pts
7	Estonia	89.4	+1.3 pts
8	Belgium	88.7	+1 pts
9	France	88.2	+1.6 pts
10	Austria	87.5	-0.5 pts
11	Czechia	86.5	+1.9 pts
12	Spain	86.1	+1.5 pts
13	Cyprus	84.4	+3.7 pts
14	Latvia	83.6	+2.3 pts
15	Ireland	82.2	+1 pts
16	Malta	81.7	+0.9 pts
17	Slovakia	80.5	-1.2 pts
18	Slovenia	79.8	+0.9 pts
19	Lithuania	79.7	+2.1 pts
20	Poland	77.5	+1.6 pts
21	Hungary	76.1	-0.7 pts
22	Croatia	75.3	+8.2 pts
23	Portugal	74.7	+0.9 pts
24	Italy	74.2	+3.2 pts
25	Greece	72.2	+2.3 pts
26	Romania	70.7	+6.9 pts
27	Bulgaria	64.8	+1.4 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?

Denmark, with 97.6% in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Bulgaria, with 64.8% in 2018.

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.