Digitalization in the EU: digital intensity for enterprises with 10 employees or more

Published by Statista Research Department, Sep 2, 2024

The level of digitalization of businesses across the European Union follows a sharp divide between Northern and Southern European member states. The Nordic member states, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, are the countries within the EU which have the highest rates of businesses which have either high or very high digital intensity in their everyday operations. On the other hand, the member states with the least digitalized businesses are in South-Eastern Europe, with Bulgaria, Greece, and Romania coming at the bottom of the list.

Digitalization of business enterprises is a key goal of EU policy, with the ability of European businesses to compete in high-tech and digital industries seen as been essential to ensure the global competitiveness of the EU in the twenty-first century. Through policies such as the Digital Single Market, as well as investments through the union's NextGenerationEU economic recovery package, the EU is hoping to spur digitalization of businesses in Europe and to foster the growth of new high-tech industries.

Digital intensity of enterprises with more than 10 employees in the European Union in 2022,by member state

Characteristic	Very low digital intensity	Low digital intensity	High digital intensity	Very high digital intensity
Sweden	12.8%	28.1%	48.5%	10.5%
Denmark	10.8%	31.4%	44.5%	13.2%
Finland	10.2%	32.8%	47.1%	10%
Ireland	15%	34.5%	42.8%	7.7%
Malta	21.7%	33.1%	37.4%	7.8%
Netherlands	19.3%	37.7%	36.3%	6.8%
Belgium	22.1%	35.8%	32.9%	9.1%
Germany	22%	39.9%	33.5%	4.6%
Portugal	29.1%	35.4%	30.8%	4.7%
Cyprus	29.4%	36.6%	30.5%	3.6%
Slovenia	32%	34.7%	28%	5.3%
Austria	31.8%	35%	28.7%	4.5%
Euro Area	28.4%	39.1%	28.3%	4.2%
EU Average	30%	37.7%	28.1%	4.2%
Estonia	32.3%	36.2%	27.1%	4.3%
Czechia	30.8%	37.9%	27.1%	4.3%
Lithuania	35.3%	34.2%	26.3%	4.2%
Luxembourg	32.7%	37%	27.5%	2.8%
Poland	37.8%	33.4%	25.1%	3.8%
Croatia	41%	30.2%	23.4%	5.4%
Spain	31.7%	40%	24.6%	3.7%
Italy	29.6%	42.6%	25%	2.8%
Hungary	47%	27.7%	21.9%	3.4%
Slovakia	38.3%	36.8%	22%	2.9%
France	35.5%	42.6%	19.2%	2.6%
Latvia	46.8%	31.6%	19%	2.7%
Romania	46.4%	34.1%	18.6%	0.9%
Greece	57.8%	23.1%	17.4%	1.7%
Bulgaria	51.8%	30.3%	16.4%	1.6%