One in five EU residents uploaded their files to the digital storage cloud in 2014, according to the published data by the Community Statistics Office, Eurostat.
Specifically, 21% of the EU population between 16 and 74 years old it turned to the cloud to save files such as photos, documents, music or videos. In contrast, the percentage of people who also shared files through cloud down to 15%, as shown in the Eurostat chart:
The Member State with the highest proportion of people using cloud services to store files was Denmark (42%), followed by the United Kingdom (38%), Luxembourg and Sweden (35%) and the Netherlands (34%). . The same countries, in addition to Estonia, also recorded the highest levels of use of services in the cloud to share files (between 22% and 29%). Less than one in ten people in Poland, Lithuania and Romania use cloud services to save or share files.
Cloud usage is increasing among the youngest population in the EU. About a third of young people between the ages of 16 and 24 saved archives in the cloud, fact that representa more than three times the proportion of people between 55 and 74 years old who use this type of service (35% compared to 10%). Similarly, the younger population made greater use of Internet storage space to share files, 25%, compared to 6% registered in the 55 to 74 age group.
The article published by Eurostat also collects data on Internet use. Almost two-thirds of EU citizens (65%) use the Internet every day or almost every day, and around half of the population (51%) use the Internet away from home or work, from laptops or devices tomorrow.
As more and more users connect to the network on a daily basis in the region, the percentage of people who have never used the Internet shows a decline from 43% in 2006 to 18% in 2014. Some notable examples where the population has not connected are Romania (39%), Bulgaria (37%), Greece (33%), Italy (32%) or Portugal (30%). In comparison are Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden or the United Kingdom, where less than 10% of its inhabitants have never connected to the network.
You can consult the full Eurostat article at the following link: Internet and cloud services - statistics on the use by individuals
