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Belgium: Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, adjusted gender parity index

0.88parity index (1 = parity) · 2023+18.0% since 2009

Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ICTSKILLDLDONLD.GPIA. Annual figures for Belgium from 2005 to 2023.

20052023

Every year

YearValue (parity index (1 = parity))Note
20230.884
20220.938
20210.967
20200.921
20190.933
20150.89
20140.884
20120.833
20110.745
20100.789
20090.749
20080.72
20070.707
20060.668
20050.691

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, adjusted gender parity index. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ictskilldldonld-gpia (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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