EU: internet penetration rate 2019-2020, by country

The Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) ranks Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands as the European Union member states with the highest share of people using the internet in 2020. Each of the leading countries had an online usage penetration rate of more than 95 percent. In 2020, Bulgaria was the EU state with the lowest internet penetration rate, with only 66.8 percent of people using the internet in the country. Romania, Portugal, and Greece followed with internet penetration rates lower than 75 percent.