Households - type of connection to the internet 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 - type of connection to the internet was 90.3% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Households - type of connection to the internet in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026), 2005–2021
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage of households.
Analysis
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) recorded 90.3% for households - type of connection to the internet in 2021. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 33.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households - type of connection to the internet 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 90.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 22.5%, in 2005.
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) ranks 25th of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Households - type of connection to the internet 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 22.5% | — |
| 2006 | 30.4% | +35.1% |
| 2007 | 43.4% | +42.7% |
| 2008 | 49.4% | +13.8% |
| 2009 | 56.7% | +14.7% |
| 2010 | 63.9% | +12.6% |
| 2011 | 67.4% | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 72.0% | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 76.4% | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 78.7% | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 80.2% | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 82.8% | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 84.5% | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 85.8% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 88.2% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 89.9% | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 90.3% | +0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Households - type of connection to the internet in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +42.7% | 30.4% | 43.4% |
| 2006 | +35.1% | 22.5% | 30.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.5% | 22.5% | 56.7% | 5 |
| 2010s | 78.0% | 63.9% | 88.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.1% | 89.9% | 90.3% | 2 |
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)
- Households - level of internet access 94.5% (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households - type of connection to the internet in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)?
- Households - type of connection to the internet in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) was 90.3% in 2021, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest households - type of connection to the internet 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 90.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest households - type of connection to the internet 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 22.5% in 2005.
- 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 - type of connection to the internet?
- Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) ranks 25th out of 44 countries with data for 2021.
- Is households - type of connection to the internet 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 33.8%. 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 - type of connection to the internet (2003-2021). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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