Two young volunteers in a storage facility, looking at a laptop.

In 2025, 24.3% of young Europeans aged 16 to 29 engaged in civic or political issues online. This includes expressing their opinion on civic or political issues or taking part in online consultations or voting. In comparison, this type of engagement was only 20.2% among the overall population.

Online civic or political participation among young people was highest in Slovenia (49.4%), Latvia (33.3%) and the Netherlands (31.3%). 

The lowest shares were in Belgium (12.3%), Czechia (14.3%), Sweden and Greece (both 16.1%). 

Source dataset: isoc_ci_ac_i

In 23 of 27 EU countries, young people were more likely to use the internet for civic or political participation than the overall population. The largest gaps were recorded in Slovenia (49.4% of young people vs 33.5% of the overall population), Latvia (33.3% vs 24.2%) and Italy (30.9% vs 24.5%).

This article marks the European Youth Week, which takes place from 24 April to 1 May and aims to promote youth engagement, participation and active citizenship.