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Individuals using the Internet for civic or political participation
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Time format:
Years
Unit:
% of individuals aged 16 to 74 (comparable)
Keywords:
government, governmental, governments, Internet, research, science, science-related, sciences, scientific, STEM
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2025
2025
2024
2024
2023
2023
2022
2022
2021
2021
2020
2020
2019
2019
2018
2018
2017
2017
2016
2016
2015
2015
2014
2014
2013
2013
2012
2012
2011
2011
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2009
2009
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2008
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2007
2006
2006
2005
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Code
Label
EU28
European Union - 28 countries (1993-2020)
EU27_2020
European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
EU25
European Union (25 countries)
EU15
European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004)
BE
Belgium
BG
Bulgaria
CZ
Czechia
DK
Denmark
DE
Germany
EE
Estonia
IE
Ireland
EL
Greece
ES
Spain
FR
France
HR
Croatia
IT
Italy
CY
Cyprus
LV
Latvia
LT
Lithuania
LU
Luxembourg
HU
Hungary
MT
Malta
NL
Netherlands
AT
Austria
PL
Poland
PT
Portugal
RO
Romania
SI
Slovenia
SK
Slovakia
FI
Finland
SE
Sweden
IS
Iceland
NO
Norway
CH
Switzerland
UK
United Kingdom
ME
Montenegro
MK
North Macedonia
AL
Albania
RS
Serbia
TR
Türkiye
BA
Bosnia and Herzegovina
XK
Kosovo
ind_type
Males, 16 to 19 years old
Females, 16 to 19 years old
Males, 16 to 24 years old
Females, 16 to 24 years old
Males, 16 to 29 years old
Females, 16 to 29 years old
Males, 16 to 74 years old
Females, 16 to 74 years old
Males, 20 to 24 years old
Females, 20 to 24 years old
Males, 25 to 29 years old
Females, 25 to 29 years old
Males 25 to 54 years old
Females 25 to 54 years old
Males, 25 to 64 years old
Females, 25 to 64 years old
Males 55 to 74 years old
Females 55 to 74 years old
Males with low formal education
Females with low formal education
Males with medium formal education
Females with medium formal education
Males with high formal education
Females with high formal education
indic_is
Internet use: looking for information about education, training or course offers
Internet use: doing an online course (of any subject)
Internet use: sending/receiving e-mails
Internet use: telephoning or video calls
Internet use: posting messages to social media sites or instant messaging
Internet use: participating in social networks (creating user profile, posting messages or other contributions to facebook, twitter, etc.)
Internet use: participating in social or professional networks
Internet use: creating websites or blogs
Internet use: sharing or publishing self-created videos, photos, music, texts, etc on a website or via an app
Internet use: uploading self-created content to any website to be shared
Internet use: finding information about goods and services
Internet use: reading/downloading online newspapers/news
Internet use: downloading software
Internet use: consulting wikis (to obtain knowledge on any subject)
Internet use: reading online news sites/newspapers/news magazines
Internet use: playing/downloading games, images, films or music
Internet use: listening to web radios and/or watching web TV
Internet use: playing networked games with other persons
Internet use: listening to web radio
Internet use: Internet banking
Internet use: travel and accommodation services
Internet use: selling goods or services
Internet use: job search or sending an application
Internet use: participating in professional networks (creating user profile, posting messages or other contributions to LinkedIn, Xing, etc.)
Internet use: making an appointment with a practitioner via a website
Internet use: seeking health information
Internet use: accessing personal health records online
Internet use: for other health services via a website or app instead of having to go to the hospital or visit a doctor
Internet use: reading and posting opinions on civic or political issues via websites
Internet use: taking part in on-line consultations or voting to define civic or political issues (e.g. urban planning, signing a petition)
Internet use: expressing opinions on civic or political issues on websites or in social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube)
Internet use: posting opinions on civic or political issues via websites (e.g. blogs, social networks, etc.) (until 2019)
Internet use: civic or political participation
Internet use: online learning material
Internet use: communicating with instructors or students using educational websites/portals
Internet use: any of the learning activities i_iuolc, i_iuolm, i_iuocis
Internet use: doing an online course (of any subject) or using online learning material
Internet use: listening to or downloading podcasts (last 3 months)
Internet use: communicating with instructors or learners using audio or video online tools (e.g. Zoom, MS Teams, Google Classroom) (last 3 months)
Internet use: participation in learning activites for professional/work related purposes (last 3 months)
Internet use: participation in learning activities for private purposes (last 3 months)
Internet use: participation in learning activities for the purpose of formal education (e.g. school or university) (last 3 months)
Internet use: instant messaging, i.e. exchanging messages, for example, via Skype, Messenger, WhatsApp, Viber
Internet use: Telephoning or video calls, or instant messaging (i.e. exchanging messages, for example, via Skype, Messenger, WhatsApp, Viber)
Internet use: playing or downloading games
Internet use: listening to music (e.g. w eb radio, music streaming)
Internet use: listening to music (e.g. web radio, music streaming) or downloading music
Internet use: watching internet streamed TV or videos
Internet use: watching internet streamed TV (live or catch-up) from TV broadcasters
Internet use: watching video on demand from commercial services
Internet use: watching video content from sharing services
Internet use: watching video content from commercial or sharing services
Internet use: playing/downloading games, listening to music or watching videos (excluding VOD)
Internet use: playing/downloading games, listening to music or watching internet streamed TV or videos
Internet use: managing a payment account to (potentially) pay for goods or services purchased over the internet
Internet use: seeking information on physical health
Internet use: seeking information on mental health
Internet use: finding information about the safety of products
unit
Percentage of individuals
Percentage of individuals who used internet in the last 3 months
EU28
EU27_2020
EU25
EU15
BE
BG
CZ
DK
DE
EE
IE
EL
ES
FR
HR
IT
CY
LV
LT
LU
HU
MT
NL
AT
PL
PT
RO
SI
SK
FI
SE
IS
NO
UK
MK
RS
TR
time
geo
2015
2013
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
EU28
32.98
31.37
29.33
23.28
23.83
20.85
19.05
EU27_2020
32.16
30.85
28.79
22.68
22.77
20.49
18.1
EU25
23.89
24.51
21.54
19.8
EU15
35.62
33.75
31.07
25.45
26.34
22.87
21.31
BE
26.22
21.66
24.93
18.78
18.98
16.72
13.44
BG
22.2
24.01
23.49
11.52
13.79
11.58
9.92
CZ
22.35
13.76
14.11
8.83
12.49
10.64
6.71
DK
52.61
41.17
46.72
39.6
36.6
27.81
33.85
DE
39.15
37.62
37.36
27.08
29
24.85
24.71
EE
45.04
37.49
39.01
30.27
26.84
28.02
22.09
IE
33.02
32.77
39.96
28.36
27.55
24.09
23.68
EL
33.15
21.65
20.85
13.04
12.43
11.58
11.75
ES
52.33
46.82
42.6
33.8
31.28
27.21
22.64
FR
25.69
29.6
20.55
18.75
23.09
23.06
19.7
HR
37.74
32.74
28.56
21.83
20.06
16.03
14.09
IT
25.19
25.41
19.99
19.17
18.33
15.1
12.32
CY
22.09
19.9
15.77
9.19
9.64
9.56
10.36
LV
33.38
34.56
34.62
28.33
26.23
27.48
18.74
LT
26.81
26.48
25.4
21.66
23.86
20.42
19.81
LU
57.88
48.28
44.07
39.13
36.5
31.96
29.44
HU
30.01
35.36
33.98
20.68
19.7
17.88
19.24
MT
51.76
44.96
40.89
31.95
26.21
23.84
20.87
NL
36.65
28.25
30.87
32.82
25.45
27.99
28.26
AT
28.47
35.47
39.89
22.87
24.17
23.18
18.22
PL
19.74
18.89
18.63
14.73
13.34
13.49
11.27
PT
39.37
34.86
33.87
28.58
27.21
22.4
14.79
RO
19.68
22.4
25.33
15.09
14.06
11.13
7.87
SI
34.43
34.62
33.86
30.51
23.68
23.33
18.01
SK
31.62
30.43
27.44
13.26
11.57
12.24
4.89
FI
35.23
35.87
38.33
36
33.68
40.84
40.97
SE
38.76
37.24
35.82
32.16
32.65
26.68
21
IS
57.67
54.74
46.41
43.14
47.89
34.85
NO
49.11
43.03
42.19
32.5
33.37
31.58
30.83
UK
39.34
35.15
33.3
27.8
31.72
23.56
26.14
MK
31.27
28.45
12.35
15.11
10.05
RS
38.08
11.36
4.24
TR
19.67
17.51
8.37
7.18
9.46
5.28
Available flags:
b
break in time series
c
confidential
d
definition differs, see metadata
e
estimated
f
forecast
i
see metadata
m
imputed
n
not significant
p
provisional
r
revised
s
Eurostat estimate
u
low reliability
x
dropped due to insufficient sample size
y
unreliable due to small sample size
z
not applicable