70% of adult population in Greece use the internet daily, Cyprus close to 90%

An estimated 70% of the adult population (16-74) in Greece uses the internet daily, 10 percentile points below the EU average whilst Cyprus averages about 85%,  according to the latest Eurostat data.

According to the report, in 2020 80% of adults in the EU used the internet daily with the highest share reported in the north such as Finland, Denmark and Sweden.

The highest daily use of the internet was recorded in Helsinki-Uusimaa in Finland (96%). This was closely followed by Hovedstaden in Denmark, Stockholm in Sweden (both 95%) and another 2 regions in Denmark: Syddanmark and Midtjylland (both 94%).

On the other hand, the lowest share of adults making daily use of the internet was recorded in Severozapaden in Bulgaria (53%). This was closely followed by the region Nord-Est in Romania (55%) and three other regions in Bulgaria: Severen tsentralen (also 55%), Yugoiztochen and Yuzhen tsentralen (both 56%).

Overall the  percentage of adults (16 to 74-year-olds) in the EU using the internet every day during the three months prior to the survey increased by 15 percentage points when comparing 2015 with 2020 (from 65% to 80%).

In 2020, the majority of northern and western regions of the EU reported relatively high proportions of adults using the internet on a daily basis; the highest shares of adults using the internet every day were generally recorded among people living in cities rather than those living in rural areas.