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

92.90percent · 2023+33.9% 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 Korea, Republic of from 2008 to 2023.

20082023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202392.9
202293.8
202195
202090
201989.4
201886.6
201788.5
201685.5
201580.8
201474.8
201369.4
201266.3
201166.3
200928.1
200859

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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