EU Digital Economy and Society Index 2022

During the period from 2017 until 2022, the countries which consistently ranked as the most digitalized in the European Union were Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Sweden. These countries scored highly across all categories measured in the EU's digital economy and society index (DESI) - that is, human capital, connectivity, integration of digital technology, and digital public services.

On the other hand, the member states that came at the bottom of the DESI rankings were mostly newer member states who have joined the EU since 2004. Some countries have made great strides in digitalizing their economy and society over this five year period including Italy, Czechia, and Cyprus.

Annual aggregate digital economy and society index (DESI) scores for European Union member states from 2017 to 2022 (Weighted index from 0 to 100)

Characteristic	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Finland	47.85	50.37	54.14	58.43	63.16	69.6
Denmark	46.48	48.69	52.05	55.97	65.25	69.33
Netherlands	45.59	48.06	50.52	54.68	62.36	67.37
Sweden	45.71	48.74	51.96	55.75	60.49	65.22
Ireland	41.34	44.1	46.7	50.81	57.11	62.74
Malta	41.69	43.85	47.45	51.52	54.46	60.88
Spain	40.52	43.37	47.04	49.72	54.81	60.77
Luxembourg	43.83	45.82	47.73	51.2	55.04	58.85
Estonia	41.34	43.98	46.57	49.05	53.15	56.51
Austria	36.37	38.43	41.22	43.62	50.52	54.68
Slovenia	35.7	37.86	40.89	42.92	47.96	53.37
France	33.84	35.93	39.46	42.53	45.92	53.33
Germany	33.44	35.3	38.35	42.06	47.07	52.88
Lithuania	36.47	39.58	42.19	44.67	47.02	52.71
Portugal	35.48	37.85	40.31	43.35	45.86	50.76
Belgium	35.73	38.04	40	44.24	46.71	50.31
Latvia	37.4	39.4	40.98	44.06	46.13	49.71
Italy	28.16	30.56	34.34	36.72	40.85	49.25
Czechia	31.83	34.19	37.19	39.54	43.37	49.14
Cyprus	29.15	30.4	32.72	35.34	39.98	48.35
Croatia	30.37	32.15	35.06	37.01	43.07	47.55
Hungary	28.26	30.11	32.18	35.84	38.72	43.76
Slovakia	29.78	31.68	33.25	36.19	39.95	43.45
Poland	24.93	27.12	29.78	33.2	36.53	40.55
Greece	22.36	23.53	25.53	27.57	32.51	38.93
Bulgaria	23.9	25.79	28.04	29.82	32.65	37.68
Romania	19.4	20.72	22.37	24.73	27.43	30.58