EU: digitalization levels by country 2022

In 2022, Finland was the European country with the highest score on the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), ranking first in the human capital component thanks to the advanced digital skills of its citizens. Denmark ranked first for its connectivity. Estonia was the first in digital public services. Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania were the member states with the lowest scores in the digitalization of their economy and society.

Digitalization level of the European Union in 2022, by country (index score)

Characteristic	Connectivity	Human capital	Integration of digital technology	Digital public services
Finland	15.1	17.8	14.8	21.8
Denmark	19.3	14.8	14.5	20.8
Netherlands	17.5	15.8	13	21
Sweden	15.1	15.5	14.1	20.6
Ireland	15.4	15.7	10.8	20.9
Malta	13.3	14.1	12	21.5
Spain	17.4	12.8	9.6	20.9
Luxembourg	14.8	14.4	8.7	20.8
Estonia	11.1	13.5	9.1	22.8
Austria	14.1	12.7	10	18
Slovenia	15	11.1	10	17.4
France	16	12.5	8	16.8
Germany	16.8	11.2	9	15.9
Lithuania	12.3	10.6	9.3	20.4
European Union	15	11.4	9	16.8
Portugal	12.9	11.5	9.4	17
Belgium	10	12.2	12	16.2
Latvia	12.5	11	6.5	19.7
Italy	15.3	9.1	10.2	14.6
Czechia	13.2	11.4	8.5	16.1
Cyprus	14.7	10	8.8	14.4
Croatia	12	13	9.2	13.4
Hungary	14.4	9.6	5.4	14.4
Slovakia	12.5	11	7	13
Poland	11.6	9.3	5.7	13.9
Greece	12.4	10	6.7	9.8
Bulgaria	12.7	8.1	3.9	13
Romania	13.8	7.73	3.8	5.3

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July 2022

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Survey time period

2022

Special properties

EU averages are calculated for 27 Member States

Supplementary notes

Calculated as the weighted average of the five main DESI dimensions with the weights selected by the user: 1 Connectivity, 2 Human Capital, 3 Integration of Digital Technology, and 4 Digital Public Services.

Weighting of the components: 1. Connectivity 5 / 10 (25.0%); 2. Human Capital 5 / 10 (25.0%); 3. Integration of Digital Technology 5 / 10 (25.0%); 4. Digital Public Services 5 / 10 (15.0%)

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