” “The Northern countries are top of the list in Europe in the use of the Internet as private citizens. The Report on the use of the information and communication technology provided by Eurostat (statistics office of the European Community) writes: "In the first quarter of 2006, the highest rate of private citizens who regularly use the Internet has been found to be in Sweden (80%)", followed by Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland. Bottom of the list are Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Portugal. Also according to Eurostat, Germany, the United Kingdom, Estonia, Austria are halfway through the list. "In the 25-country EU, more men than women" regularly use the web, a figure that is shared by all countries, even if with substantial differences between countries. Finally, Eurostat highlights a well-known fact, i.e. "the main Internet users are young people aged 16 to 24" (three out of four regularly use the Internet), compared with adults (54%) and elderly people (20%). ” “
