Sweden: people researching goods & services online by education

In 2023, 71 percent of users with low or no formal education in Sweden replied that they used the internet to find information about goods and services. A higher share of users with medium or higher education tended to use the internet for this purpose. According to the survey, 88 percent of people with a medium level of formal education, and 96 percent of users with a high degree of formal education informed themselves about goods and services online. The gap between people with low and high formal education therefore was 25 percent.

Share of people in Sweden using the internet to inform themselves about goods and services from 2014 to 2023, by formal education

Characteristic	Low formal education	Medium formal education	High formal education
2023	71%	88%	96%
2022	75%	89%	95%
2021	67%	83%	93%
2020	74%	91%	95%
2019	66%	84%	94%
2018	69%	85%	91%
2017	68%	85%	93%
2016	67%	87%	90%
2015	55%	73%	86%
2014	72%	87%	93%

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Release date

October 2024

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Region

Sweden

Survey time period

2014 to 2023

Special properties

Low formal education: At most lower secondary education; Medium formal education: Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education; High formal education: Tertiary education

Supplementary notes

The European questionnaire on Information and Communication Technologies Data reveals that there exists a disparity between the internet usage of people with a low (At most lower secondary education), medium (Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education), and high (Tertiary education) formal education level. This disparity although present in most countries, differs widely in its severity.

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