EU countries by share of people using the internet

Name: EU countries by share of people using the internet, 2019
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
License: Eurostat reuse policy (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)

Sweden had the highest share of people using the internet of 27 EU countries in 2019, at 97.6%. Bulgaria had the lowest, at 68%. The median was 86.1% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 85.9%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest97.6Sweden

Lowest68Bulgaria

Median86.127 EU countries

European Union (27)85.9History

All EU countries, 2019

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2019 (%)	Change on 2018
1	Sweden	97.6	+5.5 pts
2	Denmark	97.1	-0.5 pts
3	Luxembourg	96.4	-0.1 pts
4	Netherlands	96.1	+1.4 pts
5	Finland	95.3	+0.9 pts
6	Germany	93	+0.6 pts
7	Spain	90.7	+4.6 pts
8	Ireland	90.3	+8.1 pts
9	Belgium	90.3	+1.6 pts
10	Estonia	90.2	+0.9 pts
11	France	89.4	+1.2 pts
12	Austria	87.8	+0.3 pts
13	Czechia	87	+0.5 pts
14	Latvia	86.1	+2.6 pts
15	Cyprus	86.1	+1.6 pts
16	Malta	85.8	+4.1 pts
17	Slovenia	83.1	+3.4 pts
18	Slovakia	82.9	+2.4 pts
19	Lithuania	81.6	+1.9 pts
20	Poland	80.4	+2.9 pts
21	Hungary	80.4	+4.3 pts
22	Croatia	79.1	+3.8 pts
23	Greece	75.7	+3.4 pts
24	Italy	75.6	+1.4 pts
25	Portugal	75.4	+0.7 pts
26	Romania	73.7	+3 pts
27	Bulgaria	68	+3.2 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?

Sweden, with 97.6% in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Bulgaria, with 68% in 2019.

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.