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Internet literacy among Dutch people between 16 and 75 years of age rose between 2010 and 2013. Inside the European Union, Dutch internet skills is above average, according to the Central Bureau for Statistics In order to understand the level of internet skill that most Dutch people have, search engines such as Google were used. In the Netherlands, Dutch people between 16 and 75 years old had good internet skills in 2013, average internet skills were spread across 44 percent of the population, and 36 percent had little skill. Along with Denmark, Sweden and Finland, only 10 percent of the population have no internet skills.

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