Over Half Of Romanians Aged 16 To 74 Have Never Used The Internet

More than half of Romanians aged 16 to 74 have never used the Internet and less than one third of Romanian households have access to broadband Internet connection, according to the EU’s statistics office Eurostat.

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Data collected in the first quarter of 2011 reveal that 54% of Romanians aged between 16 and 74 had never used the Internet, the highest share in the European Union.

The EU average stood at 24% in the analyzed interval and fell 18 percentage points over the past five years, from 42% in 2006. Data collected in 2006 showed 74% of Romanians had never used the Internet.

Romania is followed by Bulgaria (46%), Greece (45%), Cyprus and Portugal (41%), Italy (39%), Hungary (28%) and the Czech Republic (24%).

In Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark, only 5% to 7% of people aged between 16 and 74 have never navigated the Internet.

Eurostat estimates 47% of households in Romania have Internet connection, from 14% in 2006. The share of households that have access to broadband connection increased in Romania from 5% to 31% in the analyzed interval. The EU average increased from 30% to 68%.

In the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark the share reaches 94%, 91% and 90%, respectively.

Romania and Bulgaria are ranked last in EU regarding online shopping. Only 13% of Internet users buy goods and services online, compared to a EU average of 58%.

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