New data from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, show that more young Greek women than young men have basic digital skills, a gap of about eight percentage points. In 2025, 83.5% of Greek women aged 16 to 24 had at least basic digital skills. Among Greek men in the same age group, the share stood at 75.3%.
The figures come from Eurostat’s index of digital skills, which measures five separate areas: finding information, communication, problem-solving, safety, and content creation. A person counts as having basic digital skills only if they meet the minimum standard across all five areas.
Greece is not alone in this trend. Across the European Union, young women are more likely than young men to have basic digital skills. In 2025, 75.9% of women aged 16 to 24 held these skills, compared with 73.3% of men. That gap helped push the EU-wide average to 74.6% among all young people.
Greek women and men show one of the EU’s widest digital skills gaps
The pattern held in 22 of the 27 EU countries. Cyprus reported the widest gap in favor of women, at 18.8 percentage points. Slovenia followed with an 11.6-point gap, and Austria came in third at 9.1 points. Still, the difference between Greek women and men in digital skills is not far behind those top three, and it stands close to Ireland’s gap, which was about the same size.
Young Greek women are outperforming men in basic digital skills, according to Eurostat. About 83% of women ages 16 to 24 meet the benchmark, compared with 75% of men. Greece follows a wider EU trend, with women leading in 22 of 27 member states. #Greece #DigitalSkills #Eurostat pic.twitter.com/Lmuudadj0b
— Tom Marvolo Riddle (@tom_riddle2025) July 16, 2026
Five EU countries saw the opposite trend, with young men outperforming young women. Malta recorded the largest reverse gap, at 4.6 percentage points, followed by Romania at 4.0 points. Spain, France, and Croatia also reported slightly higher shares among men, though the differences there were much smaller.
Denmark, Czechia and Malta lead EU digital skills rankings
Looking at overall rankings, Denmark led the European Union in 2025, with 92.1% of young people holding basic digital skills. Czechia followed at 91.7%, and Malta placed third at 91.5%. At the other end, Bulgaria and Romania were the only two EU countries where fewer than 60% of young people had these skills, at 52.8% and 53.3% respectively.
Greece’s overall numbers place it in the middle of the EU pack, but the wide gap between its young women and men stands out. Few reports have focused on this gender divide within Greece so far, even as similar patterns show up elsewhere in Europe.
The findings offer a fresh look at how digital skills, often seen as a gateway to modern jobs and education, differ not just by country but by gender within the same population.
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