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

64.30percent · 2016+176.0% since 2006

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 United Kingdom from 2002 to 2016.

20022016

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201664.3
201565.4
201459.4
201358
201251.2
201145.1
201042.6
200942.7
200836.6
200721.8
200623.3
200524
200418.3
200322.9
200212.5

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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