EUROSTAT - European Union Statistical Office
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07/15/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/15/2026 03:03
75% of young Europeans have at least basic digital skills
In 2025, 74.6% of young people aged 16-24 in the EU had at least basic digital skills.
Among EU countries, Denmark registered the highest share of young people with at least basic digital skills, with 92.1%, followed by Czechia with 91.7% and Malta with 91.5%.
At the other end, only 2 EU countries had shares below 60%: Bulgaria (52.8%) and Romania (53.3%).
Source dataset: isoc_sk_dskl
Higher shares of young women with at least basic digital skills
In 2025, at EU level, the share of young women aged 16-24 (75.9%) with at least basic digital skills was higher than that of young men in the same age group (73.3%).
At country level, a similar pattern was observed in 22 EU countries. The largest gaps in favour of young women were registered in Cyprus, with a 18.8 percentage points (pp) difference (73.9% vs 55.1%), Slovenia with 11.6 pp (73.5% vs 61.9%) and Austria with 9.1 pp (82.7% vs 73.6%).
In the other 5 EU countries, the share of young men with at least basic digital skills was higher than that of young women. The largest shares were reported in Malta, with a difference of 4.6 pp (93.6% vs 89.1%) and Romania, with 4.0 pp (55.1% vs 51.1%).
Source dataset: isoc_sk_dskl
This news article marks World Youth Skills Day.
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