Eurostat published its figures in computer skills registered in 2009 on the occasion of the e-Skills Week 2012. According to this figures, the share of computing graduates was 3.4% of all university graduates in 2009, compared with 4.0% in 2005 in the EU. In addition, the share of individuals having used a PC varies between 50% in Romania to 96% in Sweden.

The statistical office of the European Union Eurostat, published on the occasion of the e-Skills week, data on university graduates in computing and computer skills of individuals. With regard to the university graduates, in the EU the share of computing graduates was 3.4% of all university graduates in 2009 while in 2005 was of 4.0%. With regard to the data by Member States, the development of the share of computing graduates between 2005 and 2009 has been mixed. The highest increases were registered in Malta (1.9% of all graduates in 2005 to 5.6% in 2009) and Hungary (2.0% to 3.4%), and the largest decreases in Portugal (5.1% to 1.7%) and the United Kingdom (5.9% to 4.0%). In 2009, the highest shares of computing graduates were found in Malta and Austria (both 5.6% of all graduates), Spain (5.1%), Cyprus (4.7%) and Estonia (4.4%).

Regarding the computer skills of individuals, figures show that in 2011, more than three quarters of those aged 16-74 in the EU had used a computer, while this share was 96% amongst those aged 16-24. The highest shares of those aged 16-74 having used a computer were observed in Sweden (96%), Denmark, Luxembourg and the Netherlands (all 94%), and the lowest in Romania (50%), Bulgaria (55%) and Greece (59%). In most Member States the share of young people who had used a computer was above 95%.

Eurostat also published that almost two thirds of individuals aged 16-74 in the EU in 2011 reported having moved or copied files or folders on a computer. Of those aged 16-74, 43% stated they had used basic arithmetic formulas in a spreadsheet, and three out of ten individuals had created an electronic presentation. The share of individuals in the EU having written a computer program was 10%.