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Korea, Republic of: 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+10.3% since 2013

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 Korea, Republic of from 2008 to 2023.

20082023

Every year

YearValue (parity index (1 = parity))Note
20230.962
20220.975
20210.979
20200.953
20190.954
20180.938
20170.94
20160.917
20150.896
20140.934
20130.872
20120.859
20110.857
20090.908
20080.836

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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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 2026-11-12). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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