Internet purchases - goods or services (2020 onwards) [isoc_ec_ibgs]

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Updated by provider on March 7, 2023 (9:17 AM)

Frequency [FREQ]
Individual type [ind_type]
Information society indicator [indic_is]
Unit of measure [unit]
Geopolitical entity (reporting) [geo]

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Dimension codes and labels
[FREQ] Frequency
  • [A] Annual
[ind_type] Individual type
  • [CB_EU_FOR] Individuals who are born in another EU Member State
  • [CB_EXT_EU] Individuals who are born in non-EU country
  • [CB_FOR] Individuals who are foreign-born
  • [CB_NAT] Individuals who are native-born
  • [CC_EU_FOR] Nationals of another EU-Member State
  • [CC_EXT_EU] Nationals of non-EU country
  • [CC_FOR] Non-nationals
  • [CC_NAT] Nationals
  • [DIS_LTD] Disability (activity limitation) - limited, but not severely
  • [DIS_LTD_SEV] Disability (activity limitation) - limited or severely limited
  • [DIS_NONE] Disability (activity limitation) - not limited at all
  • [DIS_SEV] Disability (activity limitation) - severely limited
  • [EMPL_UNE] Individuals in the labour force (employed and unemployed)
  • [F_DIS_LTD] Females with disability (activity limitation) - limited, but not severely
  • [F_DIS_LTD_SEV] Females with disability (activity limitation) - limited or severely limited
  • [F_DIS_NONE] Females with disability (activity limitation) - not limited at all
  • [F_DIS_SEV] Females with disability (activity limitation) - severely limited
  • [F_I0_2] Females with low formal education
  • [F_I3_4] Females with medium formal education
  • [F_I5_8] Females with high formal education
  • [F_Y16_24] Females, 16 to 24 years old
  • [F_Y16_74] Females, 16 to 74 years old
  • [F_Y25_54] Females 25 to 54 years old
  • [F_Y25_64] Females, 25 to 64 years old
  • [F_Y55_74] Females 55 to 74 years old
  • [HHI_Q1] Individual living in a household with income in first quartile
  • [HHI_Q2] Individual living in a household with income in second quartile
  • [HHI_Q3] Individual living in a household with income in third quartile
  • [HHI_Q4] Individual living in a household with income in fourth quartile
  • [I0_2] Individuals with no or low formal education
  • [I3_4] Individuals with medium formal education
  • [I5_8] Individuals with high formal education
  • [IND_BROAD] Individuals living in a household with broadband access
  • [IND_BROADX] Individuals living in a household with Internet access but with no broadband access
  • [IND_DCH] Individuals living in a household with children
  • [IND_DEG1] Individuals living in cities
  • [IND_DEG2] Individuals living in towns and suburbs
  • [IND_DEG3] Individuals living in rural areas
  • [IND_NO_DCH] Individuals living in a household without children
  • [IND_TOTAL] All Individuals
  • [ISCO0_5] Non-manual including the armed forces
  • [ISCO6_9] Manual
  • [ISCO_ICT] ICT professionals
  • [ISCO_ICTX] Non ICT professionals
  • [M_DIS_LTD] Males with disability (activity limitation) - limited, but not severely
  • [M_DIS_LTD_SEV] Males with disability (activity limitation) - limited or severely limited
  • [M_DIS_NONE] Males with disability (activity limitation) - not limited at all
  • [M_DIS_SEV] Males with disability (activity limitation) - severely limited
  • [M_I0_2] Males with low formal education
  • [M_I3_4] Males with medium formal education
  • [M_I5_8] Males with high formal education
  • [M_Y16_24] Males, 16 to 24 years old
  • [M_Y16_74] Males, 16 to 74 years old
  • [M_Y25_54] Males 25 to 54 years old
  • [M_Y25_64] Males, 25 to 64 years old
  • [M_Y55_74] Males 55 to 74 years old
  • [RETIR_OTHER] Individuals who are retired or not in the labour force (excluding students)
  • [SAL_SELF_FAM] Employees, self-employed, family workers
  • [STUD] Students
  • [UNE] Unemployed
  • [Y0_15] Individuals, 15 years old or less
  • [Y16_24] Individuals, 16 to 24 years old
  • [Y16_24HI] Individuals aged 16-24 with high formal education
  • [Y16_24LO] Individuals aged 16-24 with low education
  • [Y16_24ME] Individuals aged 16-24 with medium formal education
  • [Y16_24_DIS_LTD] Individuals aged 16 to 24 with disability (activity limitation) - limited, but not severely
  • [Y16_24_DIS_LTD_SEV] Individuals aged 16 to 24 with disability (activity limitation) - limited or severely limited
  • [Y16_24_DIS_NONE] Individuals aged 16 to 24 with disability (activity limitation) - not limited at all
  • [Y16_24_DIS_SEV] Individuals aged 16 to 24 with disability (activity limitation) - severely limited
  • [Y25_34] Individuals, 25 to 34 years old
  • [Y25_54] Individuals, 25 to 54 years old
  • [Y25_54HI] Individuals aged 25 to 54 with high formal education
  • [Y25_54LO] Individuals aged 25 to 54 with low formal education
  • [Y25_54ME] Individuals aged 25 to 54 with medium formal education
  • [Y25_54_DIS_LTD] Individuals aged 25 to 54 with disability (activity limitation) - limited, but not severely
  • [Y25_54_DIS_LTD_SEV] Individuals aged 25 to 54 with disability (activity limitation) - limited or severely limited
  • [Y25_54_DIS_NONE] Individuals aged 25 to 54 with disability (activity limitation) - not limited at all
  • [Y25_54_DIS_SEV] Individuals aged 25 to 54 with disability (activity limitation) - severely limited
  • [Y25_64] Individuals, 25 to 64 years old
  • [Y25_64HI] Individuals aged 25 to 64 with high formal education
  • [Y25_64LO] Individuals aged 25 to 64 with low formal education
  • [Y25_64ME] Individuals aged 25 to 64 with medium formal education
  • [Y25_64_EMPL_UNE] Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are in the labour force (employed and unemployed)
  • [Y25_64_RETIROTH] Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are retired or not in the labour force (excluding students)
  • [Y25_64_SALSELFFAM] Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are employees, self-employed or family workers
  • [Y25_64_UNE] Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are unemployed
  • [Y35_44] Individuals, 35 to 44 years old
  • [Y45_54] Individuals, 45 to 54 years old
  • [Y55_64] Individuals, 55 to 64 years old
  • [Y55_74] Individuals, 55 to 74 years old
  • [Y55_74HI] Individuals aged 55 to 74 with high formal education
  • [Y55_74LO] Individuals aged 55 to 74 with low formal education
  • [Y55_74ME] Individuals aged 55 to 74 with medium formal education
  • [Y55_74_DIS_LTD] Individuals aged 55 to 74 with disability (activity limitation) - limited, but not severely
  • [Y55_74_DIS_LTD_SEV] Individuals aged 55 to 74 with disability (activity limitation) - limited or severely limited
  • [Y55_74_DIS_NONE] Individuals aged 55 to 74 with disability (activity limitation) - not limited at all
  • [Y55_74_DIS_SEV] Individuals aged 55 to 74 with disability (activity limitation) - severely limited
  • [Y65_74] Individuals, 65 to 74 years old
  • [Y75_MAX] Individuals, 75 years old or more
[indic_is] Information society indicator
  • [I_BANY_PP] Online purchases (3 months) from a private person: goods, household services, transport services or rented accommodation
  • [I_BAPP] Online purchases (3 months): other apps (e.g. related to learning languages, travelling, weather) (excluding free apps)
  • [I_BBMC] Online purchases (3 months): bicycles, mopeds, cars, or other vehicles or their spare parts
  • [I_BBOOKNLG] Online purchases (3 months): printed books, magazines or newspapers
  • [I_BBOOKNLS] Online purchases (3 months): e-books, online-magazines or online-newspapers
  • [I_BCBW] Online purchases (3 months): cosmetics, beauty or wellness products
  • [I_BCG] Online purchases (3 months): children toys or childcare items
  • [I_BCLOT1] Online purchases (3 months): clothes (including sport clothing), shoes or accessories
  • [I_BCPH] Online purchases (3 months): cleaning products or personal hygiene products
  • [I_BCS] Online purchases (3 months): divers online services (I_BMUSS, I_BFLMS,I_BBOOKNLS, I_BGAMES)
  • [I_BCTICK] Online purchases (3 months): tickets to cultural or other events
  • [I_BEEQU1] Online purchases (3 months): consumer electronics or household appliances
  • [I_BFDR] Online purchases (3 months): deliveries from restaurants, fast-food chains, catering services
  • [I_BFDS] Online purchases (3 months): food or beverages from stores or from meal-kits providers
  • [I_BFLMG] Online purchases (3 months): films or series as DVDs, Blu-ray etc.
  • [I_BFLMS] Online purchases (3 months): films or series as a streaming service or downloads
  • [I_BFURN1] Online purchases (3 months): furniture, home accessories or gardening products
  • [I_BGAMES] Online purchases (3 months): games online or as downloads for smartphones, tablets, computers or consoles
  • [I_BHARD1] Online purchases (3 months): computers, tablets, mobile phones or accessories
  • [I_BHHS] Online purchases (3 months): household services (e.g. cleaning, babysitting, repair work, gardening)
  • [I_BHHS_PP] Online purchases (3 months) from private persons: household services
  • [I_BHLFTS] Online purchases (3 months): apps related to health or fitness (excluding free apps)
  • [I_BMED1] Online purchases (3 months): medicine or dietary supplements such as vitamins (online renewal of prescriptions is not included)
  • [I_BMUSG] Online purchases (3 months): music as CDs, vinyls etc.
  • [I_BMUSS] Online purchases (3 months): music as a streaming service or downloads
  • [I_BOPG] Online purchases (3 months): other physical goods
  • [I_BPG_ANY] Online purchases (3 months): any physical goods (I_BCLOT1, I_BSPG, I_BCG, I_BFURN1, I_BMUSG, I_BFLMG, I_BBOOKNLG, I_BHARD1, I_BEEQU1, I_BMED1, I_BFDR, I_BFDS, I_BCBW, I_BCPH, I_BBMC, I_BOPG)
  • [I_BPG_PP] Online purchases (3 months) from private persons: any physical goods
  • [I_BRA] Online purchases (3 months) from an enterprises or a private person: rented accommodation
  • [I_BRA_E] Online purchases (3 months) from enterprises such as hotels or travel agencies: rented accommodation
  • [I_BRA_PP] Online purchases (3 months) from a private person: rented accommodation
  • [I_BSIMC] Online purchases (3 months): subscriptions to the internet or mobile phone connections
  • [I_BSOFTS] Online purchases (3 months): computer or other software as downloads including upgrades
  • [I_BSPG] Online purchases (3 months): sports goods (excluding sport clothing)
  • [I_BSTICK] Online purchases (3 months): tickets to sport events
  • [I_BSUTIL] Online purchases (3 months): subscription to electricity, water or heating supply, waste disposal or similar services
  • [I_BTPS] Online purchases (3 months) from a transport enterprise or a private person: transport service
  • [I_BTPS_E] Online purchases (3 months) from a transport enterprise: transport service
  • [I_BTPS_PP] Online purchases (3 months) from a private person: transport service
[unit] Unit of measure
  • [PC_IND] Percentage of individuals
  • [PC_IND_BUY3] Percentage of individuals who purchased online in the last 3 months
  • [PC_IND_ILT12] Percentage of individuals who used internet within the last year
  • [PC_IND_IU3] Percentage of individuals who used internet in the last 3 months
[geo] Geopolitical entity (reporting)
  • [AL] Albania
  • [AT] Austria
  • [BA] Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • [BE] Belgium
  • [BG] Bulgaria
  • [CH] Switzerland
  • [CY] Cyprus
  • [CZ] Czechia
  • [DE] Germany (until 1990 former territory of the FRG)
  • [DK] Denmark
  • [EA] Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023)
  • [EE] Estonia
  • [EL] Greece
  • [ES] Spain
  • [EU27_2020] European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
  • [FI] Finland
  • [FR] France
  • [HR] Croatia
  • [HU] Hungary
  • [IE] Ireland
  • [IS] Iceland
  • [IT] Italy
  • [LT] Lithuania
  • [LU] Luxembourg
  • [LV] Latvia
  • [ME] Montenegro
  • [MK] North Macedonia
  • [MT] Malta
  • [NL] Netherlands
  • [NO] Norway
  • [PL] Poland
  • [PT] Portugal
  • [RO] Romania
  • [RS] Serbia
  • [SE] Sweden
  • [SI] Slovenia
  • [SK] Slovakia
  • [TR] Türkiye
  • [UK] United Kingdom
  • [XK] Kosovo (under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/99)
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