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Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

UN Sustainable Development Goal 9

SDG 9 aims to build resilient infrastructure and foster innovation. The EU connects through Horizon Europe, digital single market regulation, and industrial strategy.

Linked legislation

13

11 primary

Indicators tracked

2

Countries compared

27

Linked EU Legislation

LegislationReferenceStageRelevance
A competitive digital single market - eGovernment as a spearhead2011/2178(INI)first_reading_epdirect
A European information society for growth and employment2005/2167(INI)first_reading_epdirect
A European Retail Action Plan for the benefit of all actors2013/2093(INI)first_reading_epdirect
Abuse of new technologies to manipulate and radicalize young people through hate speech and antidemocratic discourse2024/2887(RSP)first_reading_epdirect
Access to networks via ONP: granting of licences and selection criteria1995/0282(COD)adoptedrelated
Accessibility of public sector bodies' websites2012/0340(COD)adopteddirect
Addressing geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market2016/0152(COD)adopteddirect
Amending Regulation (EU) 2019/881 as regards managed security services2023/0108(COD)adopteddirect
Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application2025/0429(COD)adopteddirect
Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse2023/0452(COD)adopteddirect
Amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards establishing a framework for a European Digital Identity2021/0136(COD)adopteddirect
Amendment of Annex XI (Telecommunications) of the EEA Agreement: draft decision of the EEA Joint Committee1997/0923(CNS)first_reading_eprelated
Amendment of Decision No 1639/2006/EC establishing a Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) and of Regulation (EC) No 680/2007 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy networks2011/0301(COD)adopteddirect

Household Internet Access(% of households)

CountryValueRelativeTrend
XK99.3
Improving
Netherlands99.3
Stable
AL99.3
Stable
Luxembourg99.1
Stable
NO99.0
Stable
CH99.0
Stable
IS98.4
Stable
Malta97.8
Improving
Finland97.6
Stable
Cyprus97.5
Improving
Spain97.4
Stable
Denmark97.4
Stable
UK97.3
Improving
Poland96.2
Improving
TR96.2
Stable
Sweden95.7
Stable
Ireland95.5
Stable
Czechia95.5
Improving
Romania95.5
Improving
Austria95.5
Stable
Estonia95.4
Improving
Belgium94.7
Stable
EA94.5
Stable
France94.4
Stable
Italy94.1
Improving
Latvia94.1
Stable
Hungary93.9
Stable
Germany93.6
Improving
Slovenia93.5
Stable
Bulgaria92.8
Improving
Slovakia92.5
Improving
MK91.2
Improving
Portugal91.1
Improving
RS90.1
Improving
Lithuania89.3
Stable
Greece88.7
Improving
BA88.2
Improving
ME88.1
Improving
Croatia87.9
Stable

Digital Skills(% of individuals)

CountryValueRelativeTrend
IS85.4
Stable
NO82.5
Improving
Netherlands79.4
Improving
CH76.8
Stable
Finland76.5
Improving
UK73.9
Improving
Sweden72.4
Improving
Germany70.2
Improving
Denmark70.0
Declining
Austria65.5
Stable
Luxembourg64.6
Declining
Czechia62.1
Improving
Estonia61.6
Improving
Belgium60.8
Stable
EA58.8
Improving
France57.3
Improving
Spain57.2
Improving
Lithuania56.1
Improving
Malta55.8
Improving
Slovenia55.1
Improving
Slovakia53.9
Declining
Ireland53.4
Improving
Croatia53.4
Declining
Portugal51.8
Improving
Greece50.5
Improving
ME49.6
Stable
Hungary48.7
Declining
RS45.7
Improving
Cyprus45.0
Improving
Poland44.5
Stable
Latvia43.0
Declining
Italy41.5
Declining
TR35.8
Improving
MK31.6
Declining
Romania31.0
Improving
Bulgaria29.4
Improving
XK27.6
Improving
BA24.1
Stable
AL21.5
Stable

Data sourced from Eurostat SDI Dashboard and UN SDG Indicators Database.