BSE Report: Greece rises two places in the European ranking in terms of digital maturity

Greece’s ranking in the digital maturity index improved by two places last year, according to the relevant index compiled by SEV (SEV Digital Maturity Index). Thus, our country (based on measurements covering until mid-2020) is ranked 25th among EU countries (from 27th in 2019), however the distance from the European average remains large as well as other countries of the EU are moving at a rapid pace. It is noted that Denmark remained in the first place of the European ranking.

“Today the digital changes in the country are taking place at a rapid pace. E-commerce has grown by 77% (the largest increase in Europe), teleworking has tripled, and the digital transformation of the public sector (especially in citizen service) has substantially improved. “Indicatively, facilitating the daily life of the citizens. Indicatively, in 2021, more than 350 million electronic transactions were made, through 1,300 digital services”, states SEV and adds:

“The 3rd annual report of the Digital Transformation Observatory confirms that despite the obvious improvement of the country compared to the past, our comparative divergence with the EU remains significant and without particular upheavals.”

According to the report from the last year, under the influence of the pandemic, the country has made several interventions to promote digitization, both in the public administration and in the private sector, actions that have allowed the improvement of the overall score. and the rise of two places in the European ranking, to 25th place. The improvement of the last year was largely fueled by the rise of 3 positions in the “policies & regulatory framework” and the “connectivity infrastructure”, where we are now in 23rd and 24th place respectively. At the same time, Greece remains in last place in the “digital maturity of the public”, despite the highest score. In 24th place the “digital maturity of society” and “business”, while the decline in “digital skills”, in 25th place is problematic.

According to SEV, the integration of new technologies as sought by the NSRF, the Recovery Fund and the Development Law will make a decisive contribution, so that the indicators will soon improve.