{"id":48729,"date":"2020-10-15T03:00:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T01:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=48729"},"modified":"2021-11-17T10:21:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T09:21:15","slug":"statistics-ict-usage-in-europe-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/statistics-ict-usage-in-europe-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Statistics: ICT usage in Europe in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last June the Commission published the results of the 2020 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI)<\/strong><\/em>, which monitors Europe’s overall digital performance and tracks the progress of EU countries with regard to their digital competitiveness.<\/p>\n

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This year’s DESI report shows that there is progress in all Member States and in all key areas measured in the index. This is even more important in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, which has shown how essential digital technologies have become, allowing work to continue, monitoring the spread of the virus or accelerating the search for cures and vaccines.<\/p>\n

Leaders in overall digital performance in the EU<\/h2>\n

Finland, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands are the leaders in overall digital performance in the EU. Malta, Ireland and Estonia are following right after. The International Digital Economy and Society Index (I-DESI) shows that the best performing EU countries are also worldwide leaders. The largest EU economies are not digital frontrunners, which indicates that the speed of digital transformation must accelerate for the EU to successfully deliver on the twin digital and green transformations. Over the last 5 years, Ireland has made the most significant progress, followed by the Netherlands, Malta and Spain. These countries also perform well above the EU average as measured by the DESI score.<\/p>\n

Main findings in 5 digital areas<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Digital Economy and Society Index tracks the progress made in Member States in 5 principal policy areas, namely connectivity, digital skills, internet usage by individuals, integration of digital technologies by businesses and digital public services.<\/span><\/p>\n

Connectivity<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Connectivity<\/span><\/strong> has improved but more needs to be done to address fast-growing needs. Member States are working on the transposition of new EU rules adopted in 2018 into national legislation, with a view to fostering investment in Very High Capacity Networks, both fixed and mobile.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n