Romania’s young population has among weakest digital skills among EU states

17 July 2026 In Romania, only 53.3% of young people between the ages of 16 and 24 have at least basic digital skills, the second lowest level in the European Union, ahead of Bulgaria (52.8%), according to Eurostat. The European average is 74.6%. Romania continues to lag behind most European countries in terms of the digital literacy of its young generation. At the opposite end is Denmark, where 92.1% of young people have basic digital skills, followed by the Czech Republic (91.7%) and Malta (91.5%). Finland, Croatia, and the Netherlands also exceed the 88% threshold. Eurostat data also highlighted gender differences. At the European Union level, 75.9% of young women aged 16 to 24 have at least basic digital skills, compared to 73.3% of young men. Higher shares of young women with at least