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Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, under 15 years old, both sexes
Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, under 15 years old, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ICTSKILLDLDONLD.AGUNDER15Y.
- Coverage
- 52 of 251 countries
- Latest data
- 2023
- Series
- 52
- Unit
- percent
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-07
- Indicator
- uis-ictskilldldonld-agunder15y
- Interva ID
- uis-ictskilldldonld-agunder15y
Recency
current
data to 2023; catalog to 2025
Provenance
1 step
as the publisher declares it
Versions
1
catalog snapshots
Citation
BibTeX + CSL
versioned permalink
Quality profile
This profile describes what Interva can measure in the data. It does not claim the dataset is accurate, complete, or suitable for a particular use.
Recency
100%Latest observation is 2023; the catalog broadly reports to 2025, so this data is 2 year(s) behind (current).
Method: Compares the dataset's latest non-projected period with the year most datasets in the catalog end in. Up to 2 years behind is current — annual data is routinely published a year or two late — and more than 5 is stale. Measured from the data, not from when Interva last crawled it.
Temporal completeness
100%25 of 52 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 100% of its years.
Method: Per series, years present divided by years from its first to its last observation; the median across series is reported. Annual periods are assumed, which holds for every series in the catalog today.
Geographic coverage
MeasuredCovers 52 of the 251 countries in the catalog.
Method: Counts distinct geographies with at least one observation. Not scored: a regional dataset covering its region completely is not deficient for omitting the rest of the world.
History depth
MeasuredThe median series has 4 observations; the earliest begins in 2003.
Method: Counts non-projected observations per series. Not scored: a long history is useful for trend work and irrelevant for a cross-section.
Revisions
MeasuredNo observation has been restated in any vintage Interva has recorded.
Method: Counts values the publisher changed between Interva's publishes. Not scored: revising estimates is ordinary and often a sign of care, and the count is here so a reader citing a figure knows whether it moves.
Schema conformity
Not assessedNo declared schema or validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Validity
Not assessedNo field-level validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Consistency
Not assessedCross-series consistency rules are not defined yet. The obvious first one — whether two publishers measuring one concept agree within a stated tolerance — is a candidate.
2 scored from the data, 3 described without a score, 3 not assessed. Pipeline integrity: all 5 checks pass. Assessed 2026-11-08.
By country
Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, under 15 years old, both sexes for each of the 52 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Azerbaijan 2008–2023
- Bangladesh 2013–2023
- Belarus 2018–2023
- Belgium 2005–2005
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2018–2018
- Botswana 2014–2014
- Brazil 2009–2023
- Chile 2003–2009
- Colombia 2016–2023
- Costa Rica 2012–2012
- Côte d'Ivoire 2019–2023
- Czechia 2006–2006
- Ecuador 2008–2022
- Egypt 2013–2016
- El Salvador 2009–2014
- Estonia 2010–2013
- Finland 2006–2006
- Germany 2006–2020
- Hong Kong 2007–2022
- Hungary 2006–2006
- Indonesia 2015–2021
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 2010–2021
- Iraq 2022–2022
- Italy 2005–2020
- Jamaica 2010–2021
- Japan 2016–2022
- Kazakhstan 2015–2023
- Kenya 2015–2015
- Korea, Republic of 2008–2013
- Latvia 2005–2015
- Macao 2006–2021
- Mauritius 2008–2020
- Mexico 2007–2023
- Morocco 2012–2021
- Netherlands 2006–2011
- Nicaragua 2006–2006
- Oman 2013–2013
- Palestine, State of 2011–2019
- Panama 2012–2012
- Paraguay 2014–2023
- Poland 2005–2005
- Portugal 2006–2007
- Saudi Arabia 2016–2017
- Singapore 2009–2017
- Slovakia 2006–2016
- Slovenia 2006–2014
- Switzerland 2009–2010
- Thailand 2008–2020
- Ukraine 2007–2021
- Uzbekistan 2018–2022
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2012–2012
- Zimbabwe 2014–2020
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan | 2023 | 3.80 | percent |
| Bangladesh | 2023 | 3.20 | percent |
| Belarus | 2023 | 53.40 | percent |
| Brazil | 2023 | 24.60 | percent |
| Colombia | 2023 | 3.90 | percent |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2023 | 0 | percent |
| Kazakhstan | 2023 | 3.60 | percent |
| Mexico | 2023 | 21.20 | percent |
| Paraguay | 2023 | 7.50 | percent |
| Azerbaijan | 2022 | 3.60 | percent |
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as UIS declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
UIS Data API indicator ICTSKILLDLDONLD.AGUNDER15Y; national ministries' survey returns, not named per figure by the publisher
declared by uis in indicator
Versions
A vintage is a dated publish of the catalog. The current entry is a catalog snapshot; checksums are not recorded yet and are shown as such.
- CurrentCurrent catalog snapshotchecksum not recorded
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Citation
Version: catalog snapshot 2026-11-07. The record labels this as a catalog snapshot because immutable dataset releases are not stored yet.
UIS (2026). Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, under 15 years old, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ictskilldldonld-agunder15y (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
@misc{interva-uis-ictskilldldonld-agunder15y,
title = {Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, under 15 years old, both sexes},
author = {UIS},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ictskilldldonld-agunder15y}},
note = {Interva dataset uis-ictskilldldonld-agunder15y; catalog snapshot 2026-11-07},
urldate = {2026-11-08}
}DOI: not assigned (not assigned). The permalink is versioned by catalog snapshot; a stable dataset DOI is a later step.
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