DEVELOPMENT

Table 2.4.3
Freedom on the Net 2011 and 2012(10 countries with
the most freedom, based on expert opinions)
Table 2.4.5
Media use in various European countries, in 2012 (% of
the respondents)
2012 2011
Score Rank Score Rank
Estonia 10 1. 10 1.
USA 12 2. 13 2.
Germany 15 3. 16 3.
Australia 18 4. 18. 4.
Hungary 19 5. - -
Italy 23. 6. 26 6.
Philippines 23 6. - -
Great Britain 25 8. 25 5.
Argentina 26 9. - -
South Africa 26 9. 26 7.
Source: www.freedomhouse.org
Table 2.4.4
Internet use in the EU countries, 2004–2012 (ranking
based on 2012 data, for the percentage of people who
use the Internet at least once a week)
2004
2005
2006
Sweden 75 76 80 75 83 86 88 91 91
1.–2.
Netherlands ? 74 76 81 83 86 88 90 91
3. Luxembourg 59 63 65 72 77 83 86 86 90
4. Denmark 70 73 78 76 80 82 86 87 89
5. Finland 63 62 71 75 78 79 83 86 88
6. Great Britain 49 54 57 65 70 76 80 81 ?
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Source: Media use in the European Union. Standard Eurobarometer
76, Autumn 2012.
87% of Internet users making bank transactions online
7.–9.
Germany
Belgium
France
50
?
?
54
53
?
59
58
39
64
63
55
68
66
63
71
70
67
75
75
72
77
78
74
78
78
78
(the EU average is 54%). The use of social media in
Estonia is at the same level as is the EU average (56% of
Internet users, in 2012).
10. Austria 46 49 55 61 66 67 70 76 76
The results of the Eurobarometer survey provide
a general overview of the daily information environment,
and the use of various media in the EU countries.
11. Estonia 45 54 56 59 62 67 71 73 75
12.– Ireland 27 31 44 51 57 60 63 71 74
Table 2.4.5 shows the survey data for the European reference
states for 2012. Figure 2.4.3 shows the ranking of EU
13 Slovakia 40 43 43 51 62 66 73 72 74
EL-27
14.
15.
Latvia
Hungary
36
27
21
43
36
34
45
46
42
51
51
49
56
57
56
61
61
57
65
62
61
68
66
66
70
70
69
countries based on the percentage of respondents with a
high index of media use.
We see that Estonia is among the countries with a
high level of media use, 9 th rank based on the percentage
16.– Czech Republic 25 26 36 42 51 54 58 63 66
17.
of people in the population with a high level of media
Malta ? 34 36 43 46 55 60 66 66
use (and even 6 th rank, based on the index of people with
Slovenia 33 40 47 49 52 58 65 64 65
18.–
very high media use). Like the majority of countries with
Lithuania 26 30 38 45 50 55 58 61 65
20.
high media use, Estonia is characterised by the uniformly
21.
22.
23.
Spain
Poland
Cyprus
Portugal
31
22
28
25
35
29
26
28
39
34
29
31
44
39
35
35
49
44
35
38
54
52
45
42
58
55
50
47
62
58
54
51
65
59
58
56
high use of all mediums (Table 2.4.5). At the same time
when, for example Latvia, lags significantly behind the
EU average in regard to the monitoring of print media,
but compared to the other member states, has the most
24. Italy 26 28 31 34 37 42 48 51 53 active users of social media.
Based on the general level of media use, the EU is
25.– Greece 17 18 23 28 33 38 41 47 50
clearly divided into Northern and Southern Europe, and
26. Bulgaria 13 ? 22 28 33 40 42 46 50
in the Nordic countries, there are approximately twice
27. Romania
Source: Eurostat
10 ? 18 22 26 31 34 37 43
as many people who use media often than in Portugal
and Romania.
Every day
Watch TV
At least once a week
Every day
Listen to
the radio
At least once a week
Read the
written
press
Every day
At least once a week
Every day
Use the
Internet
At least once a week
Use online
social
networks
Sweden 84 95 69 88 76 93 82 92 35 54
Denmark 88 98 68 86 50 75 80 88 37 54
Netherlands 84 97 63 83 59 84 81 90 36 56
Ireland 91 98 80 95 43 87 51 72 19 45
Finland 79 93 55 82 73 93 63 77 31 46
Estonia 83 95 67 86 43 77 60 71 31 47
Latvia 81 95 57 80 20 69 60 73 38 55
Slovenia 81 95 65 87 38 77 53 66 26 40
Slovakia 85 98 64 86 27 73 42 62 25 43
Lithuania 82 97 53 76 30 76 50 60 25 41
Czech Republic 83 97 54 86 23 70 47 66 18 33
EU 27 86 97 51 76 36 71 48 64 20 35
Poland 83 97 52 84 15 63 43 59 17 35
Hungary 87 97 46 78 31 66 35 53 21 42
Every day
At least once a week