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Young Adults' Digital Proficiency by Gender (2025)

This chart shows the digital skills for youth (16-29) by gender, in 2025. On average, 76.17% of EU females aged 16–29 possess basic or above-basic digital skills, outperforming their male counterparts (73.36%) by nearly 3 percentage points. This trend is most extreme in Slovenia, where there is a staggering 12-point gap in favour of females (71% vs 59%) and Cyprus, with a gap of 11 percentage points (74% vs 62%). Denmark shows the highest female digital literacy, with 92%, followed by Czechia with 91.8% and Finland with 91.4%.

Source: Eurostat, Percentage of young individuals (16-29) with basic or above basic overall digital skills - gender disaggregated (2025)
Topic: Literacy
Reference year: 2025
Geographical scope: Europe
Method: ESS (ICT survey)
Unit of measurement: Percent (%)
Link to original document: ec.europa.eu

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