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

0.96parity index (1 = parity) · 2023+35.8% since 2010

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 Italy from 2005 to 2023.

20052023

Every year

YearValue (parity index (1 = parity))Note
20230.959
20220.958
20200.895
20170.839
20160.835
20150.796
20140.776
20130.801
20120.738
20110.749
20100.706
20090.7
20080.629
20070.651
20060.577
20050.613

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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