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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 location parity index

0.96parity index (1 = parity) · 2023+20.3% since 2013

Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ICTSKILLDLDONLD.LPIA. Annual figures for Korea, Republic of from 2008 to 2023.

20082023

Every year

YearValue (parity index (1 = parity))Note
20230.965
20220.977
20210.979
20200.953
20190.971
20180.938
20170.899
20160.89
20150.86
20140.881
20130.802
20120.783
20110.777
20090.775
20080.759

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 location parity index. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ictskilldldonld-lpia (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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