Romania, Last In EU By Companies’ Access To Internet

Romania places last in the European Union by companies’ access to the internet, way behind other EU states, as only 58% of companies in Romania use the internet, according to the data provided by the European statistical office Eurostat.

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To conduct the study, Eurostat used 2006 data for Romania.

The companies with the highest access to the internet are located in Finland (99%), Slovakia (98%), Belgium, Denmark and Austria (97%) – based on the data collected in January 2007 – and Holland (97%, based on 2006 data).

Beside Romania, only five countries go below 90%, namely Bulgaria (75%), Latvia and Hungary (86%), Cyprus (88%) and Lithuania (89%).

As regards the companies operating in EU states, 94% of them had access to the internet in January 2007, compared with 92% early 2006.

Moreover, Romania places last in EU in what concerns the access to a fast connection to the internet (31%), and the number of companies having their own websites (24%).

Finland also places first in EU by companies’ access to a fast connection to the internet, holding a 91% weight, followed by Spain (90%), Malta (89%) and Sweden (87%). The EU average reached 77%.

Early 2007, 65% of EU companies had their own websites. The highest number of companies having their own websites was reported in Sweden (85%), Denmark (84%) and Finland (81%), while Romania and Bulgaria with 31%, as well as Latvia with 39%, are among the last.

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