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Germany: Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, both sexes

62.90percent · 2024+10.5% since 2013

Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ICTSKILLDLDONLD. Annual figures for Germany from 2002 to 2024.

20022024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202462.9
202359
202257.8
202156.7
202068.8
201963.7
201759.3
201654.5
201563.3
201460.5
201356.9
201254.9
201151.9
201042
200927.1
200821
200720.5
200618.9
200414.9
200314.7
200210.2

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, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ictskilldldonld (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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