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

39.80percent · 2015+870.7% since 2005

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 Ireland from 2003 to 2015.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201539.8
201438.4
201332.8
201232.9
201128.8
201020.5
200918.8
200816.5
200710.2
20067.7
20054.1
20045.3
20034.9

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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