The European Commission has been monitoring the digital competitiveness of member states with DESI reports since 2015, enclosing every year to national reports a chapter with an in-depth review of telecommunications.

This year, Slovenia is 16th overall, standing in 14th place in terms of digital public services. It is also above the average in re-use of public sector data and eHealth, where it stands sixth in the EU.

Some 27% of Slovenians use healthcare services on-line, with the EU average standing at 18%, while 98% of Slovenian doctors use e-prescriptions, which puts Slovenia in third place among all member states and well above the EU average of 50%.

In terms of digital exchange of health information, Slovenia is in 16th place, with 27% of Slovenian doctors using this option, compared to the EU average of 43%.