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Urban and rural households having computers at home accounted for 70 and 62% respectively, Internet access – 71 and 63% respectively.

Almost all (99%) households with Internet access at home used broadband connection. 88% of households having Internet access at home used broadband wired or wireless fixed connection, 31% – mobile phone networks.

Two-thirds (67%) of households not having Internet access at home pointed out that they did not need it. Other important reasons for not using the Internet at home were lack of skills, expensive equipment, access costs too high, or possibility to use the Internet elsewhere.

Table 1. Households having personal computers and Internet access at home, %

In I quarter 2015, 71% of persons aged 16–74 were using computers. Computers were used by 96% out of persons aged 16–24, 94% out of those aged 25–34. In I quarter 2015, out of the total number of persons aged 65–74, 22% were using computers, while 72% have never used them.

Most (79%) persons using computers in I quarter 2015 were using them daily, 17% – at least once a week but not daily.

In I quarter 2015, out of persons aged 16–74, 71% were using the Internet (in I quarter 2014, 72%), out of persons aged 16–24 – 97%, while out of those aged 65–74 – 22%. Among the employed population, Internet users accounted for 85%.

78% of Internet users were using it daily (or almost daily), 18% – at least once a week but not daily. Thus, persons regularly (at least once a week) using the Internet accounted for 97% of all Internet users, or 69% of all persons aged 16–74. 56% of all persons aged 16–74 used the Internet daily.

The internet was mainly used to read news, communication, search for information. 66% of all persons aged 16–74 (93% of internauts) used the Internet for communication, 50% (70% of internauts) – the Internet banking services, 46% (65% of internauts) – participation in social networks.

60% of internauts aged 16–74 (or 44% of the total population aged 16–74) used the electronic services provided by public authorities and other public service institutions at least once during the year (in 2014, 55 and 40% respectively).

In I quarter 2015, 22% of persons aged 16–74, or 29% of all Internet users, bought or ordered goods or services for private purposes via the Internet (in I quarter 2014, 19 and 25% respectively). In I quarter 2015, half (52%) of persons who bought goods or services via the Internet did it 1 or 2 times, 44% of e-commerce users over the quarter spent up to EUR 100. During the last 12 months, 42% of internauts (32% of all persons aged 16–74) bought or ordered goods and services via the Internet. Most often, e-commerce was used for buying clothes, footwear, sports goods (52% of e-commerce users), household accessories (40%) and tickets to cultural events (33%).

In I quarter 2015, 96% of all persons aged 16–74 used mobile phones. There were slightly less mobile connection users among elderly persons than among the youth. Mobile phones were used by 83% of persons aged 65–74, while in other age groups this proportion amounted to 94% and more; among the youth (aged 16–24), only 2 of 1000 persons did not use mobile phone.

For the collection of data on ICT use in households, 7803 persons aged 16–74, randomly sampled from the Residents' Register, were interviewed.

More information is available in the Database of Indicators of Statistics Lithuania

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¹ The provided information covers households at least one member of which is not older than 74.

Table 2. Connection used to access the Internet at home (2), %

Table 3. Main reasons for not having Internet access at home (2), %

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² Since it was possible to indicate several answers, the sum of answers exceeds 100.

Table 4. Breakdown of individuals aged 16–74 by frequency of computer use, I quarter 2015

All individuals in a corresponding age group – 100%

Table 5. Breakdown of individuals aged 16–74 by frequency of Internet use, I quarter 2015

All individuals in a corresponding age group – 100%

Table 6. Use of e-commerce for private purposes by individuals aged 16–74

All individuals in a corresponding age group – 100%