site.bta18.4% of Bulgarian Web Users Engage in Online Learning in 2025, Accounting for Second-Lowest Share in EU

In 2025, only 18.4% of Bulgarian internet users reported taking an online course or using online learning materials, which was the second-lowest share in the European Union, Eurostat reported on its website on Thursday.

The average level in the bloc was 34.8%, up by 1.4 percentage points compared with 2024. This is a substantial jump from 2019, when less than a quarter of EU internet users (21.4%) had used these educational resources.

The Netherlands recorded the highest share of internet users engaged in online learning or using online learning materials (60.2%) in 2025, followed by Ireland (59.7%), Finland (50.7%) and Sweden (50.6%). By contrast, online education was less prevalent in Romania (11.8%), Bulgaria (18.4%) and Cyprus (21.0%).

Among specific online learning methods, 17.3% of internet users in the EU took an online course in 2025, and 30.5% used online learning materials

This news item marks the International Day for Digital Learning, celebrated on March 19.