37 pct of EU citizens lack computer skills: survey

Iria · Jun 20, 2006, 04:48 PM

Source: Reuters
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - About 37 percent of people living in the European Union have no computer skills, with Scandinavians being the most computer-literate and Greeks the least, a survey showed on Tuesday.

The study by the EU statistics agency Eurostat showed 65 percent of Greeks, 59 percent of Italians and 57 percent of Hungarians had no basic computer skills, compared with 10 percent in Denmark and 11 percent in Sweden.

Britons and Germans also lead the EU's 25 nations in computer literacy, with only 21 and 25 percent of their citizens lacking computer skills.

Jun 20, 2006, 04:48 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	37 pct of EU citizens lack computer skills: survey Source: Reuters ________ BRUSSELS (Reuters) - About 37 percent of people living in the European Union have no computer skills, with Scandinavians being the most computer-literate and Greeks the least, a survey showed on Tuesday. The study by the EU statistics agency Eurostat showed 65 percent of Greeks, 59 percent of Italians and 57 percent of Hungarians had no basic computer skills, compared with 10 percent in Denmark and 11 percent in Sweden. Britons and Germans also lead the EU's 25 nations in computer literacy, with only 21 and 25 percent of their citizens lacking computer skills.