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

0.91parity index (1 = parity) · 2022

Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ICTSKILLDLDONLD.URB.GPIA. Annual figures for Japan from 2013 to 2022.

20132022

Every year

YearValue (parity index (1 = parity))Note
20220.906
20210.922
20200.914
20190.895
20180.82
20170.79
20160.832
20150.776
20140.697
20130.65

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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, urban, adjusted gender parity index. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ictskilldldonld-urb-gpia (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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