Nicosia, Cyprus. Cyprus remained below the European Union average for young people with at least basic digital skills in 2025, while recording the bloc’s largest gender gap in favour of young women, Eurostat reported on Wednesday.
The EU statistical office said 63.9% of people aged 16 to 24 in Cyprus had at least basic digital skills, compared with an EU average of 74.6%.
EU comparison
Across the European Union, almost three quarters of young people had acquired at least basic digital skills, reflecting the growing importance of digital competencies in education, employment and everyday life.
Denmark recorded the highest share, at 92.1%, followed by the Czech Republic at 91.7% and Malta at 91.5%.
Bulgaria and Romania were the only EU member states where fewer than 60% of young people had at least basic digital skills, at 52.8% and 53.3%, respectively.
Gender gap
Eurostat found that young women had higher levels of digital skills than young men in most EU countries.
At EU level, 75.9% of women aged 16 to 24 had at least basic digital skills, compared with 73.3% of men in the same age group. The pattern was recorded in 22 EU countries, including Cyprus.
Cyprus had the largest gender gap in the EU, with 73.9% of young women possessing at least basic digital skills, compared with 55.1% of young men, a difference of 18.8 percentage points.
Slovenia recorded the next largest gap in favour of women, at 11.6 percentage points, with 73.5% of women and 61.9% of men having at least basic digital skills.