Households - reasons for not having internet access at home (2005-2019) by country

Countries reporting
32
Highest
9.7
Portugal
Lowest
0.26
Norway
Median
2.09
Years covered
15
2005–2019
Data points
416

What the numbers show

Households - reasons for not having internet access at home (2005-2019) is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 9.7 in Portugal; the lowest is 0.26 in Norway.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.09, and the mean is 2.54.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 37.

Over the past decade 1 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 65.2%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 97.9%).

Households - reasons for not having internet access at home: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Portugal 9.7 2019 down 61.4% volatile
2 Croatia 7.05 2019 down 6.5% rising
3 Bulgaria 6.03 2019 down 44.9% falling
4 Hungary 5.87 2019 down 67.4% falling
5 Cyprus 5.03 2019 down 25.1% falling
6 France 3.42 2019 down 75.4% falling
7 Lithuania 3.12 2019 down 48.1% volatile
8 North Macedonia 3.03 2019 down 88.6% volatile
9 Slovak Republic 3.02 2019 down 53.0% volatile
10 Malta 2.99 2019 up 65.2% falling
11 Romania 2.92 2019 down 84.0% volatile
12 Latvia 2.73 2019 down 86.7% volatile
13 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 2.3 2019 down 71.0% falling
14 Spain 2.2 2019 down 77.8% falling
15 Greece 2.14 2019 down 63.4% falling
16 Italy 2.11 2019 down 49.8% falling
17 Slovenia 2.08 2019 down 84.3% volatile
18 Poland 1.94 2019 down 85.9% volatile
19 Belgium 1.8 2019 down 77.8% falling
20 Austria 1.69 2019 down 61.9% falling
21 Finland 1.65 2019 down 83.2% volatile
22 United Kingdom 1.57 2019 down 57.8% volatile
23 Czechia 1.5 2019 down 89.8% volatile
24 Germany 1.45 2019 down 81.8% volatile
25 Ireland 0.86 2019 down 66.1% falling
26 Sweden 0.58 2019 down 85.7% falling
27 Iceland 0.5 2019 down 83.2% volatile
28 Luxembourg 0.48 2019 down 9.4% volatile
29 Estonia 0.46 2019 down 97.9% volatile
30 Netherlands 0.45 2019 down 60.2% volatile
31 Denmark 0.34 2019 down 78.9% volatile
32 Norway 0.26 2019 down 82.6% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Households - reasons for not having internet access at home (2005-2019)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
37 places, 416 data points, 2005–2019
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