The European questionnaire on Information and Communication Technologies Data reveals that there exists a disparity between the internet usage of people from different age groups. This disparity although present in most countries, differs widely in its severity.
In 2019, 95 percent of users across the European Union (EU-27) between 16 and 24 years used the internet on a daily basis. The share of users in this age group that used the internet daily was 100 percent in the United Kingdom, while only 92 percent of users of that age group in Italy use the internet daily. While the share was still above 90 percent in countries like the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands among users aged 45 to 54 years old, the same age group was used the internet significantly infrequent in Poland, Portugal, and Greece. Most countries saw a significant drop of in daily internet usage share among people between 55 and 64.
Share of daily internet users in selected European countries according to age 2020
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 aim of the European ICT surveys is the timely provision of statistics on individuals and households on the use of Information and Communication Technologies at European level. Data coverage corresponds to Dataset [ISOC_BDE15CUA] code [I_IDAY] of the (Information and Communication Technologies) survey.
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