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Slovakia belongs to the less developed countries among EU and OECD member states in usage of Internet. Today the CTK - Czech Press Agency, has presented latest OECD statistical data on Internet usage for business in all OECD member states. In Slovakia, near to 30% of enterprises (exactly 28.7%) with 10+ employees do not use Internet for business - it is the lowest position in OECD ranking. For your information, our NETIES research, which was made last year among TOP 185 highest ranked SMEs, concluded with figure 29.19% (54 of 185 slovak SMEs do not use Internet). It was presented by NETIES team also in April 2005 during eGovernment workshop in Prague.

In Czech Republic, do not use Internet for business approx. 8.2% enterprises, in Poland 15%, in Portugal 22.7%, in Germany 5.9% in Belgium 4%, in Finland 2.9%, in Japan and Denmark 2.6% of enterprises.

This statistics includes enterprises with more than 10 employees operated in industry, retailing, wholesaling, hotels and restaurants, communication companies, real estates and transportation companies.