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Netherlands: Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, 15-24 years old, both sexes

67.90percent · 2016+35.8% since 2006

Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, 15-24 years old, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ICTSKILLDLDONLD.AG15T24. Annual figures for Netherlands from 2002 to 2016.

20022016

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201667.9
201552.9
201457.1
201360.6
201259.4
201158.3
201053
200949.1
200850.8
200749.8
200650
200537.4
200442.7
200334.5
200225.7

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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, 15-24 years old, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ictskilldldonld-ag15t24 (accessed 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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