Eurostat data on digital skills gap among youth in the EU

Data published by Eurostat on Wednesday shows that in 2025, 63.9% of youth aged 16 to 24 in Cyprus possessed at least basic digital skills, a figure below the EU average of 74.6%. Cyprus reported the widest gender gap in the EU, with 73.9% of young women possessing these skills compared to 55.1% of young men, a difference of 18.8 percentage points. Across the EU, 75.9% of young women and 73.3% of young men reached this baseline. Denmark recorded the highest national performance at 92.1%, followed by the Czech Republic at 91.7% and Malta at 91.5%. Conversely, Bulgaria and Romania reported the lowest percentages at 52.8% and 53.3% respectively. Young women outperformed men in digital literacy in 22 EU member states. Following Cyprus, the largest gender gaps in favor of women were observed in Slovenia (11.6 percentage points) and Austria (9.1 percentage points).