Less than half of the people have at least basic digital skills

A little less than half have at least basic digital skills

One of the goals of the European Digital Decade and of Slovenia is that by 2030 at least 80 % persons aged 16– (hereinafter: residents) will have at least basic digital majority. This year there were 47 such %s in Slovenia. With 73 %, the proportion was the highest among 16–24-year-olds and with 17 % the lowest among 65–74-year-olds.

Mastery of digital skills and the development of each group of these is monitored by the individual through the implementation of individual activities on the Internet or when using information and communication technologies (ICT). Compared to 2021 (the period of the covid-19 epidemic), some shares of the performed activities decreased this year, and this directly affected the mastery of digital skills, e.g. online shopping, searching for health information over the Internet and using instant messaging.

Very well developed digital skills at fifth

Residents had the following levels of digital skills:

• 19 % had very well developed digital skills,
• 28 % basic, 
• 21 % defective,
• 13 % modest and 
• 6 % very modest.

There were 13 % residents without digital skills, the share was highest in the age group 65–74 years (43 %). There were no major differences between the sexes in the development of digital skills.

No digital skills and four out of ten retirees

Among pupils, students and students, 36 % had very well developed digital skills, 39 % basic, 18 % deficient, 5 % modest and 2 % very modest #141;

Almost a fifth (24 %) of employed and self-employed people had very well developed digital skills, 32 % basic, 24 % deficient, 12 % modest and 5 % very modest. Without these skills, there were 4 %s.

Among retirees, only 3 %s had very well developed digital skills, 16 %s had basic, 14 %s had deficient, 17 %s modest and 12 %s very modest. The share of persons without digital skills in this age group was 38 %.

It consists of digital skills 5 groups, presented below.

Digital skills for communication and collaboration in first place by development: 87 %

87 % residents had digital skills for communication and collaboration: in 77 % these were very well developed, while in 11 % they were at a basic level. 13 % residents have not yet adopted the above-mentioned rules. 

Of the individual activities in this group, most of them are sent or received e-mail (81 %).

Digital skills for information and data literacy: 86 %

86 % residents had information and data literacy skills, 75 % mastered these skills very well, and 10 % only basic skills. 14 % were without such skillsin.

In this group, most of them are search for information about products or services via the Internet (77 %).

Digital problem-solving skills: 80 %

Eight out of ten inhabitants had #141 digital skills for solving problems: 52 % very well developed, and 28 % basic. A fifth of them were without these skills. 

The most common activity in this group is shopping online in the last 12 months before the survey (66 %).

Digital skills for creating digital content: 62 %

The majority of #141;s for creating digital content had 62 % inhabitants; 41 % very well developed and 21 % basic. Without the mentioned villages, there were 38 % inhabitants.

Most of residents in this group copied or moved documents, images, video or other files between folders, devices or to the cloud (51 %).

In last place, digital skills for the safe use of ICT and data protection: 56 %

More half of the population had digital skills for the safe use of ICT and data protection (56 %); 29 % very well developed and 27 % basic. Without such skills, there were 44 % inhabitants.

In this group, the largest share of residents (34 %) refused to use their personal data for advertising purposes on the Internet.