In 2023, 30% of EU internet users aged 16 to 74 reported that they had done an online course or used online learning material in the three months prior to the survey. This is a 2 percentage point (pp) increase compared with 2022 (28%).
Among all EU members, the Netherlands had the highest share (54%) of internet users doing an online course or using online learning material, followed by Finland (53%), Sweden (48%), Spain (47%) and Estonia (45%).
At the other end of the scale, doing online courses or using online learning material was not very common in Romania (10%), Cyprus (16%), Bulgaria and Greece (both 17%) and Poland (18%).
In general, participation in online education in 2023 increased compared with 2022. The share of people doing online courses or using online learning material increased in most of the EU countries, with the largest increase recorded in the Netherlands (+12 pp), Sweden (+7 pp) and Malta, Estonia and Croatia (all three +5 pp). Decreases were observed in Greece (-12 pp), Cyprus (-5 pp), Austria and Slovenia (both -2 pp).
Source: Eurostat
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