6. Appendix - Indicators and definitions
| Dimension | Sub-dimension | Indicator | Description | Breakdown | Unit | Source and year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - Connectivity | 1.a - Fixed Broadband | 1.a.1 - Fixed broadband coverage | Percentage of households covered by broadband: xDSL, cable (basic and NGA), FTTP or WiMax networks | Total number of households | % of households | Ministry of Economy and Business (2018) |
| 1 - Connectivity | 1.a - Fixed Broadband | 1.a.2 - Fixed broadband take-up | Percentage of households subscribing to broadband: xDSL, cable (basic and NGA), FTTP or WiMax networks | Total number of households with at least one member aged 16-74 | % of households | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 1 - Connectivity | 1.b - Mobile Broadband | 1.b.1 - Mobile broadband coverage | Percentage of populated areas coverage by 4G - measured as the average coverage of telecom operators in each country | Total number of households | % of households | Ministry of Economy and Business (2018) |
| 1 - Connectivity | 1.b - Mobile Broadband | 1.b.2 - Mobile broadband take-up | Number of mobile data subscriptions per 100 people | Total number of subscriptions | Number of subscriptions per 100 persons | CNMC (2017) EUSTAT (2017) |
| 1 - Connectivity | 1.b - Mobile Broadband | 1.b.3 - 5G readiness | The amount of spectrum assigned and ready for 5G use by the end of 2020 within the so-called 5G pioneer bands. These bands are 700 MHz (703-733 MHz and 758-788 MHz), 3.6 GHz (3400-3800 MHz) and 26 GHz (1000 MHz within 24250-27500 MHz). All three spectrum bands have an equal weight | Pioneer 5G Bands | % of harmonised spectrum | EUROSTAT (2018) |
| 1 - Connectivity | 1.c - Fast Broadband | 1.c.1 - Fast broadband coverage | Percentage of households covered by broadband of at least 30 Mbps download. Considered technologies are FTTH, FTTB, Cable Docsis 3.0 and VDSL | Total number of households | % of households | Ministry of Economy and Business (2018) |
| 1 - Connectivity | 1.c - Fast Broadband | 1.c.2 - Fast broadband take-up | Percentage of households subscribing to broadband of at least 30 Mbps | Total number of households with at least one member aged 16-74 | % of households | CNMC (2017) INE (2017) |
| 1 - Connectivity | 1.d - Ultrafast Broadband | 1.d.1 - Ultrafast broadband coverage | Percentage of households covered by broadband of at least 100 Mbps download. Considered technologies are FTTH, FTTB and Cable Docsis 3.0 | Total number of households | % of households | Ministry of Economy and Business (2018) |
| 1 - Connectivity | 1.d - Ultrafast Broadband | 1.d.2 - Ultrafast broadband take-up | Percentage of households subscribing to broadband of at least 100 Mbps | Total number of households with at least one member aged 16-74 | % of households | CNMC (2017) EUSTAT (2017) |
| 1 - Connectivity | 1.e - Broadband Price Index | 1.e.1 - Broadband price index | The Broadband Price Index measures the prices of twelve representative broadband baskets as the percentage of household income. The baskets include three speed categories (12-30 Mbps, 30-100 Mbps and at least 100 Mbps) and four types of products (standalone internet, internet + TV, internet + fixed telephony and internet + TV + fixed telephony | All individual broadband Internet access offerings | Score (1-100) | EUROSTAT (2018) INE (2018) |
| 2 - Human Capital | 2.a - Internet User Skills | 2.a.1 - At least basic digital skills | People with "basic" or "above basic" digital skills in each of the following four dimensions: information, communication, problem solving and software for content creation (as measured by the number of activities carried out during the previous 3 months | The entire population aged 16-74 years | % of people | INE (2017) |
| 2 - Human Capital | 2.a - Internet User Skills | 2.a.2 - Above basic digital skills | People with "above basic" digital skills in each of the following four dimensions: information, communication, problem solving and software for content creation (as measured by the number of activities carried out during the previous 3 months) | The entire population aged 16-74 years | % of people | INE (2017) |
| 2 - Human Capital | 2.a - Internet User Skills | 2.a.3 - At least basic software skills | People who, in addition to having used basic software features such as word processing, have used advanced spreadsheet functions, created a presentation or document integrating text, pictures and tables or charts, or written code in a programming language | The entire population aged 16-74 years | % of people | INE (2017) |
| 2 - Human Capital | 2.b - Specialist Skills and Employment | 2.b.1 - ICT specialists | Employed ICT specialists. Broad definition based on the ISCO-08 classification and including jobs like ICT service managers, ICT professionals, ICT technicians, ICT installers and servicers | Employed persons aged 16-74 years | % of 16-74 year olds | EUSTAT (2016) |
| 2 - Human Capital | 2.b - Specialist Skills and Employment | 2.b.2 - Female ICT specialists | Employed ICT specialists. Broad definition based on the ISCO-08 classification and including jobs like ICT service managers, ICT professionals, ICT technicians, ICT installers and servicers | Employed women aged 16-74 | % of women aged 16-74 years | EUSTAT (2016) |
| 2 - Human Capital | 2.b - Specialist Skills and Employment | 2.b.3 - ICT graduates | People with a degree in ICT | Graduates | % of graduates | EUSTAT (2017) |
| 3 - Use of Internet Services | 3.a - Internet Use | 3.a.1 - People who never used the Internet | People who never used the Internet | The entire population aged 16-74 years | % of people | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 3 - Use of Internet Services | 3.a - Internet Use | 3.a.2 - Internet users | People who use the Internet at least once a week | The entire population aged 16-74 years | % of people | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 3 - Use of Internet Services | 3.b - Activities Online | 3.b.1 - News | People who used the internet to read online news sites, newspapers or news magazines | The entire population aged 16-74 years | % of people who have used the Internet in the last 3 months | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 3 - Use of Internet Services | 3.b - Activities Online | 3.b.2 - Music, videos and games | People who used the internet to play or download games, images, films or music | The entire population aged 16-74 years | % of people who have used the Internet in the last 3 months | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 3 - Use of Internet Services | 3.b - Activities Online | 3.b.3 - Video on demand | People who used the internet to use Video on Demand services | The entire population aged 16-74 years | % of people who have used the Internet in the last 3 months | INE (2018) |
| 3 - Use of Internet Services | 3.b - Activities Online | 3.b.4 - Video calls | People who used the internet to make telephone or video calls (e.g. Skype) | The entire population aged 16-74 years | % of people who have used the Internet in the last 3 months | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 3 - Use of Internet Services | 3.b - Activities Online | 3.b.5 - Social networks | People who used the internet to participate in social networks (create user profile, post messages or other contributions) | The entire population aged 16-74 years | % of people who have used the Internet in the last 3 months | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 3 - Use of Internet Services | 3.b - Activities Online | 3.b.6 - Professional social networks | People who have used Internet for participating in social or professional networks | The entire population aged 16-74 years | % of people who have used the Internet in the last 3 months | INE (2017) |
| 3 - Use of Internet Services | 3.b - Activities Online | 3.b.7 - Online courses | People who have used the Internet for doing an online course (on any subject) | The entire population aged 16-74 years | % of people who have used the Internet in the last 3 months | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 3 - Use of Internet Services | 3.b - Activities Online | 3.b.8 - Online consultations or voting | People who took part in on-line consultations or voting to define civic or political issues (e.g. urban planning, signing a petition) | The entire population aged 16-74 years | % of people who have used the Internet in the last 3 months | INE (2017) |
| 3 - Use of Internet Services | 3.c - Transactions | 3.c.1 - Online banking | People who used the Internet to use online banking | The entire population aged 16-74 years | % of people who have used the Internet in the last 3 months | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 3 - Use of Internet Services | 3.c - Transactions | 3.c.2 - Shopping online | People who ordered goods or services online | The entire population aged 16-74 years | % of people who have used the Internet in the last 12 months | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 3 - Use of Internet Services | 3.c - Transactions | 3.c.3 - Selling online | People who sold goods or services online | The entire population aged 16-74 years | % of people who have used the Internet in the last 3 months | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 4 - Integration of Digital Technology | 4.a - Business Digitisation | 4.a.1 - Electronic information sharing | Businesses who have in use an ERP (enterprise resource planning) software package, to share information between different functional areas (e.g. accounting, planning, production, marketing) | All companies (without financial sector, with more than 10 employees) | % of companies | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 4 - Integration of Digital Technology | 4.a - Business Digitisation | 4.a.2 - Social media | Businesses using two or more of the following social media: social networks, enterprise's blog or microblog, multimedia content sharing websites, wiki based knowledge sharing tools. Using social media means that the enterprise have a user profile, an account or a user license depending on the requirements and the type of the social media | All companies (without financial sector, with more than 10 employees) | % of companies | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 4 - Integration of Digital Technology | 4.a - Business Digitisation | 4.a.3 - Big data | Enterprises analysing big data from any data source | All companies (without financial sector, with more than 10 employees) | % of companies | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 4 - Integration of Digital Technology | 4.a - Business Digitisation | 4.a.4 - Cloud | Businesses purchasing at least one of the following cloud computing services: hosting of the enterprise's database, accounting software applications, CRM software, computing power | All companies (without financial sector, with more than 10 employees) | % of companies | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 4 - Integration of Digital Technology | 4.b - e-Commerce | 4.b.1 - SMEs selling online | SMEs selling online (at least 1% of turnover) | SMEs (without sector between 10-249 employees) | % of SMEs | EUSTAT (2017) |
| 4 - Integration of Digital Technology | 4.b - e-Commerce | 4.b.2 - e-Commerce turnover | SMEs total turnover from e-commerce | SMEs (without financial sector, between 10-249 employees) | % of turnover | EUSTAT (2017) |
| 4 - Integration of Digital Technology | 4.b - e-Commerce | 4.b.3 - Selling online cross-border | SMEs that carried out electronic sales to other EU countries | SMEs (without sector between 10-249 employees) | % of SMEs | EUSTAT (2017) |
| 5 - Digital Public Services | 5.a - e-Government | 5.a.1 - e-Government users | People who sent filled forms to public authorities, over the internet, previous 12 months | The entire population aged 16-74 years | % of people who have used the Internet in the last 12 months and had to send in forms | INE (2018) |
| 5 - Digital Public Services | 5.a - e-Government | 5.a.2 - Pre-filled forms | Amount of data that is pre-filled in public services' online forms | Services analysed in the e-Government Benchmark | Score (1-100) | e-Government Benchmark adapted for the Basque Country |
| 5 - Digital Public Services | 5.a - e-Government | 5.a.3 - Online service completion | The share of administrative steps related to major life events (birth of a child, new residence, etc) that can be done online | Services analysed in the e-Government Benchmark | Score (1-100) | e-Government Benchmark adapted for the Basque Country |
| 5 - Digital Public Services | 5.a - e-Government | 5.a.4 - Digital public services for businesses | The indicator broadly reflects the share of public services needed for starting a business and for conducting regular business operations that are available online for domestics as well as for foreign users. Services provided through a portal receive an higher score, services which provide only information (but have to be completed offline) receive a more limited score | Services analysed in the e-Government Benchmark | Score (1-100) | e-Government Benchmark adapted for the Basque Country |
| 5 - Digital Public Services | 5.a - e-Government | 5.a.5 - Open data | This composite indicator measures to what extent countries have an Open Data policy in place (including the transposition of the revised PSI Directive), the estimated political, social and economic impact of Open Data and the characteristics (functionalities, data availability and usage) of the national data portal | Aggregate score | % of maximum score | Open Data Euskadi |
| 5 - Digital Public Services | 5.b - e-Health | 5.b.1 - e-Health services | Percentage of people who used health and care services provided online without having to go to the hospital or doctors surgery (for example, by getting a prescription or a consultation online) | People between 16-74 years old | % of people | Eurobarometer 460 adapted for the Basque CountryV |
| 5 - Digital Public Services | 5.b - e-Health | 5.b.2 - Medical data exchange | General practitioners exchanging medical data with hospitals and doctors | All general practitioners | % of general practitioners | eHealth Benchmark deployment among general practitioners adapted for the Basque Country |
| 5 - Digital Public Services | 5.b - e-Health | 5.b.3 - e-Prescription | General practitioners using electronic prescriptions | All general practitioners | % of general practitioners | eHealth Benchmark deployment among general practitioners adapted for the Basque Country |
| Dimension | Indicator | Description | Breakdown | Unit | Source and year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - Internet Use | 1.1 - Internet users | Women who have used the Internet at least once a week | Women aged 16-74 | % of women | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 1 - Internet Use | 1.2 - People who never used the Internet | Women who have never used the Internet | Women aged 16-74 | % of women | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 1 - Internet Use | 1.3 - Online banking | Women who have used the Internet for online banking | Women aged 16-74 | % of households | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 1 - Internet Use | 1.4 - Professional social networks | Women who have used the Internet to participate in professional social networks | Women aged 16-74 | % of women who have used the Internet in the last 3 months | INE (2017) |
| 1 - Internet Use | 1.5 - Online courses | Women who have used the Internet to make an online course | Women aged 16-74 | % of women who have used the Internet in the last 3 months | EUSTAT (2018) |
| 1 - Internet Use | 1.6 - Online consultations or voting | Women who have taken part in online consultations or have voted on civic or political issues | Women aged 16-74 | % of women who have used the Internet in the last 3 months | INE (2017) |
| 1 - Internet Use | 1.7 - e-government users | Women who have sent completed forms to the public authorities via the Internet | Women aged 16-74 | % of women who have used the Internet in the last 12 months and had to send in forms | INE (2018) |
| 2 - Internet User Skills | 2.1 - At least basic digital skills | Women with "basic" or "above basic" digital competencies in each of the following dimensions: information, communication, problem solving and content creation software. Measures based on the number of activities carried out in the previous 3 months | Women aged 16-74 | % of women | INE (2017) |
| 2 - Internet User Skills | 2.2 - Above basic digital skills | Women with digital skills "above basic" in each of the following dimensions: information, communication, problem solving and content creation software. Measures based on the number of activities carried out in the previous 3 months | Women aged 16-74 | % of women | INE (2017) |
| 2 - Internet User Skills | 2.3 - At least basic software skills | Women who, in addition to using basic software tools such as word processors, have used spreadsheets, created a presentation or document that integrates different files, or have performed programming. Measures based on the number of activities carried out in the previous 3 months | Women aged 16-74 | % of women | INE (2017) |
| 3 - Specialist Skills and Employment | 3.1 - STEM graduates | Women with a degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics | Women aged 20-29 | Graduates in STEM for every 1000 women between 20 and 29 years old | EUSTAT (2017) |
| 3 - Specialist Skills and Employment | 3.2 - ICT specialists | Women employed as ICT specialists | Employed women aged 16-74 | % of women aged 16-74 years | EUSTAT (2016) |
| 3 - Specialist Skills and Employment | 3.3 - Unadjusted gender pay gap | Difference between the average gross salary of male and female employees and the average gross salary of male and female employees | Employed people | % of average gross salary of employees | INE (2017) |