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United Kingdom: Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, 15-24 years old, adjusted gender parity index

1.05parity index (1 = parity) · 2016+66.0% since 2006

Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, 15-24 years old, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ICTSKILLDLDONLD.AG15T24.GPIA. Annual figures for United Kingdom from 2002 to 2016.

20022016

Every year

YearValue (parity index (1 = parity))Note
20161.048
20150.92
20140.93
20130.848
20121.068
20110.871
20100.813
20091.059
20080.641
20070.825
20060.631
20050.946
20040.628
20030.725
20020.611

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, 15-24 years old, adjusted gender parity index. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ictskilldldonld-ag15t24-gpia (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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