Iceland: people researching goods & services online by education| ��ƽ��

Share of people in Iceland using the internet to inform themselves about goods and services from 2014 to 2021, by formal education

Characteristic	Low formal education	Medium formal education	High formal education
2021	89%	93%	97%
2020	89%	95%	97%
2019	87%	91%	96%
2018	85%	92%	97%
2017	82%	90%	95%
2014	80%	89%	97%

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October 2024

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Region

Iceland

Survey time period

2014 to 2021

Special properties

Low formal education: At most lower secondary education; Medium formal education: Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education; High formal education: Tertiary education

Supplementary notes

No data available for 2015, 2016.

The European questionnaire on Information and Communication Technologies Data reveals that there exists a disparity between the internet usage of people with a low (At most lower secondary education), medium (Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education), and high (Tertiary education) formal education level. This disparity although present in most countries, differs widely in its severity.

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In 2021, 89 percent of users with low formal education in Iceland replied that they used the internet to find information about goods and services. A higher share of users with medium or higher education tended to use the internet for this purpose. According to the survey, 93 percent of people with a medium level of formal education, and 97 percent of users with a high degree of formal education informed themselves about goods and services online. The gap between people with low and high formal education therefore was eight percent.