In 2025, 34.8% of EU internet users reported taking an online course or using online learning materials. This share is a 1.4 percentage point (pp) increase from 2024 (33.4%) and a substantial jump from 2019, when less than a quarter of internet users (21.4%) had used these educational resources.
The Netherlands recorded the highest share of internet users engaged in online learning or using online learning materials (60.2%), followed by Ireland (59.7%), Finland (50.7%) and Sweden (50.6%). By contrast, online education was less prevalent in Romania (11.8%), Bulgaria (18.4%) and Cyprus (21.0%).
Source:
Eurostat, 19 March 2026