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Germany: Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, 25-74 years old, both sexes

63.90percent · 2024+24.1% since 2011

Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, 25-74 years old, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ICTSKILLDLDONLD.AG25T74. Annual figures for Germany from 2002 to 2024.

20022024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202463.9
202258.2
202157
202077
201971.5
201664.3
201563.4
201460.1
201356.4
201254.2
201151.5
201042
200926.7
200820.4
200719.8
200618
20025.8

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, 25-74 years old, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ictskilldldonld-ag25t74 (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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