3.2.1. Internet use

This dimension includes seven indicators: Internet users, people who never used the Internet, online banking, professional social networks, online courses, online consultations or voting and e-government users. All indicators have the same weight within the dimension.

Graph 16 shows that the use of Internet by women in the Basque Country ranks eighth, with a value of 65.91%, above the EU-28 average (53.07%). Thus, it is among the last positions of the leading group led by Finland (78.06%) and followed by Sweden (74.22%), Denmark (74.03%), Holland (72.28%), United Kingdom (70.48%), Luxembourg (69.87%) and Estonia (67.74%). The same seven countries are leaders in the total indicator. In Internet use, most countries are below the EU-28 average. In this dimension the Basque Country obtains its second best position in relation to the rest of the dimensions.