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Netherlands: Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, 25-74 years old, both sexes

70.40percent · 2016+107.1% since 2006

Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, 25-74 years old, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ICTSKILLDLDONLD.AG25T74. Annual figures for Netherlands from 2003 to 2016.

20032016

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201670.4
201555
201456.8
201354.7
201254.3
201151.7
201047
200945.1
200841.3
200738.3
200634
200528.1
200427.2
200322.9

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, 25-74 years old, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ictskilldldonld-ag25t74 (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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