High levels of digital skills for different types of skills, by country (Skills score 0–100)

This dataset maps the self-reported skills of European youth across four core dimensions of digital literacy. While European children demonstrate high proficiency in basic social interaction, they significantly underperform in critical information evaluation and content creation. Of the 19 surveyed nations, communication and interaction emerges as the strongest skill dimension (European average: 51), reaching peak levels in Finland (70), Belgium (65) and Estonia (64). Technical and operational competencies form a secondary tier (European average: 36), led by Belgium (54), Estonia (48) and Finland (47). However, the data also reveals a concerning deficit in critical evaluation skills, with information navigation and processing achieving the lowest overall score of just 23 out of 100 across Europe, dropping further to 17–19 in Ireland, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Italy, the Czech Republic, and Spain. Similarly, capability in content creation and production remains constrained, averaging 24 out of 100 across the region (ranging from 18 in Slovakia to 35 in Belgium).