As of March 2023, 30 percent of individuals in Europe stated that protecting users from cyberattacks was the most important action for governments to prioritize in the future. According to the respondents, improving the availability of high-speed internet to everyone and everywhere was the second most important action to improve in the future.
Opinions of European adults on what governments should prioritize in the future to improve digital technologies as of March 2023
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Protect users from cyberattacks
30%
Improve the availability of high-speed internet to everyone and everywhere
27%
Protect users from disinformation and illegal content
26%
Improve online access to and usability of public services
62%
Support more education and training in digital skills (basic and advanced for digital technology experts)
20%
Support green digital technologies (e.g., energy-efficient digital technologies enabling us to reduce carbon emissions in manufacturing, agriculture, transport.)
17%
Facilitate citizen's access to their electronic health records
13%
Build strategic digital infrastructures in areas critical to EU economy (e.g., microchips, quantum computing, data centres, data processing capacities, or sub-marine cables.)
13%
Improve access and usability of citizen's secure electronic identification (eID)
11%
Support the digitalization of businesses, notably of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
10%
Support the growth of innovative digital start-ups (e.g., companies bringing innovative solutions to the market)
The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "In your opinion, which are the two most important actions that [OUR COUNTRY] should prioritise from now until 2030? Firstly? And the second most important? (%)".
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Publications Office of the European Union. (May 3, 2024). Opinions of European adults on what governments should prioritize in the future to improve digital technologies as of March 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479460/europe-actions-to-improve-digital-technologies/
Publications Office of the European Union. "Opinions of European adults on what governments should prioritize in the future to improve digital technologies as of March 2023." Chart. May 3, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479460/europe-actions-to-improve-digital-technologies/
Publications Office of the European Union. (2024). Opinions of European adults on what governments should prioritize in the future to improve digital technologies as of March 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479460/europe-actions-to-improve-digital-technologies/
Publications Office of the European Union. "Opinions of European Adults on What Governments Should Prioritize in The Future to Improve Digital Technologies as of March 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479460/europe-actions-to-improve-digital-technologies/
Publications Office of the European Union, Opinions of European adults on what governments should prioritize in the future to improve digital technologies as of March 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479460/europe-actions-to-improve-digital-technologies/ (last visited November 19, 2024)
Opinions of European adults on what governments should prioritize in the future to improve digital technologies as of March 2023 [Graph], Publications Office of the European Union, May 3, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479460/europe-actions-to-improve-digital-technologies/
