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United Kingdom: Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, 25-74 years old, adjusted gender parity index

0.92parity index (1 = parity) · 2016+73.3% since 2006

Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, 25-74 years old, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ICTSKILLDLDONLD.AG25T74.GPIA. Annual figures for United Kingdom from 2002 to 2016.

20022016

Every year

YearValue (parity index (1 = parity))Note
20160.917
20150.928
20140.878
20130.846
20120.85
20110.785
20100.796
20090.728
20080.686
20070.521
20060.529
20050.446
20040.435
20030.514
20020.466

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, 25-74 years old, adjusted gender parity index. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ictskilldldonld-ag25t74-gpia (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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