Bulgarians Rank Last in Internet Use, First in Internet Piracy

The Head of the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria, Zinaida Zlatanova, announced Monday the results of statistics, showing that half of the Bulgarians have never used Internet. Photo by BGNES

More than half of the Bulgarian population has never used Internet, the Head of the European Commission Representation in Sofia, Zinaida Zlatanova announced.

“31% of the population is daily using the Internet, 40% are online once a week, and 53% have never used the Internet,” Zlatanova said at a discussion on the European program for digital technologies Monday.

According to statistics, 48% of the population from EU member states use daily the Internet and 60% go online at least once a week, while 30% have never had Internet access.

“Europe's digital economy is decisive for the economic growth and the prosperity of the EU citizens,” Zlatanova said.

The EC 2009 Digital Competitiveness Report, presented in May, stated that there has been an increase of Bulgarian Internet users in the last one year, but the country is still with the lowest levels of Internet use in Europe.

Despite its lowest levels of distribution, broadband in Bulgaria is one of the fastest in Europe, points out the report.

Also, Bulgaria is one of the few European countries in which the quality of Internet improves while the price decreases.

In April, the European Director of the International Recording Federation, Frances Moore, said that Bulgaria ranks first in the EU by Internet piracy, the head of Bulgaria's Crime Department declared that the government will go after the investors in Internet piracy rather than regular Internet users.

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