This map shows the share of the European population that has (as of 2021) never (!) used the internet

(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.au)

[Locked] YUROP @lemm.ee

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1y ago

This map shows the share of the European population that has (as of 2021) never (!) used the internet

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Cool map. And I especially love Portugal for once again confirming that it’s actually an eastern European country.
Edit: and also Kosovo really jumps out as a regional outlier. I wonder what caused that.
- I looked for an answer for my Kosovo question and it’s probably because of: “The Kosovo Digital Economy Project (KODE) was launched in 2018 with the goal of ensuring that all Kosovars have equal access to digital opportunities.”
  www.weforum.org/…/kosovo-high-speed-internet/
Cool, another way to map out the poverty distribution
- Yes/no/maybe
  Like most things, it’s difficult to shake it all out to one variable.
  An obvious example being Italy, whos demographics skew very old. Poverty or not, you’ll find many 90 year olds who’ve never used the internet (and if they did, they maybe didn’t even realize that it was)
  
  That’s a fair point, but it maps pretty cleanly. Please note that this is the most recent map I could find
  
  Bayern is also a good example counter example against the poverty argument. Very wealthy region, but in 2021 they apparently had lower internet adoption than most other west-german regions. Saarland could be seen as an example of the poverty argument, but also of the age argument: it’s young people that move away.
  Galicia in Spain is also wealthier than average in Spain iirc, but the map also shows them as having lower internet adoption than the rest of Spain.
- Also the heat distribution? People in hotter countries actually go outside?
  
  Wouldn’t it be hotter out of the shade? This makes no sense.
At least 68% penetration everywhere is pretty good imo.
Oh… Look at all those poor people in the grey countries that have “no data” left on their cell service… /s
PORTUGAL CYKA BLYAT
Doesn’t seem to be that high, so that’s a good thing.

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