СРАВНИТЕЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ УРОВНЯ ИНФОРМАТИЗАЦИИ СЕЛЬСКИХ ТЕРРИТОРИЙ РФ И СТРАН ЕВРОЗОНЫ

Abstract

In the article, based on the materials of the Federal Statistical Observation on the use of information technologies and information and telecommunication networks by the population of Rosstat and data from the Statistical Service of the European Union (Eurostat), a comparative analysis of the achievement of sustainable development goals in solving the problems of access of the rural population of the Russian Federation and Eurozone countries to information communication technologies (ICT). The comparative dynamics of the level of access of rural households to the Internet, including broadband access, the reasons for refusing to use ICT tools, the level of information inequality in the urban-rural area and the activity of rural users are analyzed. Significant differences have been established in the level of provision and use of information and communication technologies by the rural population of the Russian Federation and the Eurozone countries, which are determined not only by the availability of access, but also by the quality of the human capital of the village. It was revealed that the main problems of using the Internet in European households are the cost of equipment and connection, as well as the lack of skills in using ICT tools, while in rural households of the Russian Federation the main reason for not connecting to the Internet is the lack of motivation. At the same time, in terms of the provision of the rural population of the Russian Federation with ICT tools, the Russian village significantly exceeds the European rural areas as a whole, which suggests a high probability of achieving digital transformation indicators for rural areas of Russia by 2030. The insufficiency of the Eurostat information base, which characterizes the level of informatization of rural areas of the Eurozone countries, is noted, which makes it difficult to make a deep comparative assessment of the level of development of this process. The study showed that both for rural areas of the Russian Federation and rural areas of the Eurozone countries, raising the level of education and information literacy of the rural population are currently the most important priorities for the development of the informatization process.