In the 25 EU member states, over one third of adults "have no basic IT skills". This was revealed by the latest Eurostat survey conducted on a sample of citizens, aged 16 to 74. The rate of people who have no basic IT skills at all "is slightly higher for women (39%) than for men (34%)". Obviously, "the survey shows significant differences among the member states": Northern European citizens are more familiar with computers. The countries in which IT skills are the lowest are Greece, Italy, Hungary, Cyprus and Portugal. On the high end of the scale, instead, we find Denmark, Sweden, Luxembourg, Germany and the UK. According to the EU statistics Office, "numeracy is still a problem for some social classes" and "especially for older people". Within the EU says the Eurostat report only 10% of 16 to 24 year olds cannot use a computer. Still according to Eurostat, "in all member states, education plays an important role to improve IT skills". "Computer illiteracy levels decrease when education is higher". "Only 11%" of GCSE students or graduates "do not know the basics of IT".
