Households - level of internet access in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026): Households - level of internet access was 94.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Households - level of internet access in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026), 2002–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage of households.
Analysis
The most recent figure for households - level of internet access in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) is 94.5%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households - level of internet access in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) peaked at 94.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 35.9%, in 2002.
That places Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 27th out of 48 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Households - level of internet access in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026), year by year
| Year | Percentage of households | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 35.9% | — |
| 2003 | 40.0% | +11.4% |
| 2004 | 44.2% | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 50.0% | +13.0% |
| 2006 | 51.0% | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 56.9% | +11.7% |
| 2008 | 62.0% | +8.9% |
| 2009 | 66.7% | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 71.0% | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 73.6% | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 76.2% | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 79.1% | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 81.4% | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 82.8% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 85.4% | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 86.8% | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 88.9% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 90.5% | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 92.0% | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 92.7% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 92.6% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 93.1% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 94.0% | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 94.5% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50.8% | 35.9% | 66.7% | 8 |
| 2010s | 81.6% | 71.0% | 90.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.2% | 92.0% | 94.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)
More population data for Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)
- Household final consumption expenditure by durability - annual data 114.67 Chain linked volumes, index 2020=100 (2025)
- Household final consumption expenditure by purpose 109.56 Chain linked volumes, index 2020=100 (2022)
- Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population 13.2% (2021)
- Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by age, sex and 37.8% (2021)
- At-risk-of-poverty rate of persons living in single-person households 26.2% (2021)
- In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by household type 13.6% (2021)
- At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 27.3% (2021)
- At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 45.9% (2021)
- Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by tenure status 37.8% (2021)
- Overcrowding rate by household type - total population 9.5% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households - level of internet access in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)?
- Households - level of internet access in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) was 94.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest households - level of internet access recorded in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)?
- The highest recorded value was 94.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest households - level of internet access recorded in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.9% in 2002.
- How does Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) rank for households - level of internet access?
- Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) ranks 27th out of 48 countries with data for 2025.
- Is households - level of internet access rising or falling in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Households - level of internet access. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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