99.7% of households with at least one member aged 16-74 had some type of telephone (landline and/or mobile) and 49.0% had both. 0.3% only had a landline and 50.3% exclusively had a mobile phone.
83.8% of households had some type of computer (desktop, laptop, tablet, etc.), 0.8 points more than in 2024.
97.4% of households had Internet access via fixed and/or mobile broadband (compared to 96.8% in 2024). Of the total, 86.8% had a fixed broadband connection (fibre optics, cable, ADSL, etc.), while 10.7% only gained access through a mobile connection (3G, 4G or 5G).
96.3% of people aged 16 to 74 used the Internet in the last three months (0.5 points more than in 2024) and 92.5% did so on a daily basis (1.0 points more).
59.6% made purchases online for personal reasons in the last three months, 2.9 points more than in 2024.
The autonomous communities with the highest percentages of Internet users and people making purchases in the last three months are the Community of Madrid (98.0% and 65.0% respectively), Catalonia (97.8% and 64.8%) and Balearic Islands (97.3% and 63.6%).
Percentage of the population aged 16 to 74
By sex, women displayed slightly higher percentages than men: 0.4 points more in Internet use in the last three months, 1.5 points more in daily use and 1.1 points more in online purchases.
Percentage of the population aged 16 to 74
96.0% of people aged 16 to 74 did some activity related to communication, 87.9% to information and 74.7% to internet banking.
Percentages of the population aged 16 to 74
Note: The questions on internet activities differ across editions of the survey.
As for purchases made in the last three months, 56.7% of the population aged 16 to 74 purchased a product in physical format, 1.2 points more than in 2024.
49.8% of the population aged 16 to 74 downloaded a product or subscription in the last three months, 4.7 points more than in 2024.
26.6% subscribed to an Accommodation service in the last three months (2.7 points more than in 2024), while 26.5% did so to Transport services (3.8 points more).
Percentage of the population aged 16 to 74
37.9% of people aged 16 to 74 have used a Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool.
39.9% of men use AI tools compared to 35.9% of women.
By age group, the younger the age, the higher the proportion of AI use.
Percentage of the population aged 16 to 74
66.5% of people aged 16 to 74 have basic or advanced skills, 0.3 points more than in 2023 (the most recent year with information on these skills).
The gender gap between men and women amounts to 3.2 points, compared to 0.6 points in 2023.
With a higher level of disaggregation, we can observe that 27.3% have basic skills (the same percentage as in 2023), while 39.2% have advanced or superior skills (compared to 38.9% in 2023).
Percentage of the population aged 16 to 74
1 The level of digital skills is calculated according to the Eurostat methodology and as a combination of activities done and computer skills used in the last three months.
Over eight out of ten people aged 16 to 74 (80.7%, a point higher than 2024) contacted or interacted with the authorities or public services over the Internet in the last 12 months for personal reasons.
The most common contacts were for Accessing stored information (62.6%) and Making an appointment or booking (61.9%).
Percentage of the population aged 16 to 74
14.8% of employed people aged 16 to 74 declared that they worked remotely during the week before the survey. This percentage was 0.3 points lower than in 2024. The telework rate among employed persons with the possibility to work remotely was 47.7%.
The Community of Madrid (where 26.2% of the total employed people worked remotely), Catalonia (21.5%) and Andalusia (13.7%) were the autonomous communities with the highest percentages.
On average, they worked remotely 2.9 days a week, 0.1 days less than in 2024.
Employed people valued their experience with this form of work very positively, with an average of 8.9 points out of 10.
96.9% of minors used a computer, 1.1 points more than in 2024. And 96.5% browsed the Internet, 0.5 points more. Meanwhile, 67.9% used a mobile phone, 1.7 points lower than in 2024.
The largest decreases in mobile phone use are observed in the 10 and 11 year-old age groups, falling 3.7 and 4.0 points, respectively, compared to 2024.
The data published today are final. All results of this operation are available on INEbase.
The Survey on Equipment and Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Homes has been carried out by the INE following the methodological recommendations of the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat).
Its aim is to obtain data on the development and evolution of the Information Society, which includes I household ICT equipment, degree of Internet use, activities carried out, e-commerce, e-government, etc. .
For the purposes of achieving greater comparability with Eurostat¿s data, the results refer to homes inhabited by at least one person aged 16 to 74 and people in the same age group. However, additional information is also included on minors (aged 10 to 15) and people aged 75 and over.
For more information, you can access the methodology and the standardised methodological report.
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