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) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
60
Highest
1.32 GPIA
Qatar
Lowest
0.3333 GPIA
El Salvador
Median
0.9578 GPIA
Years covered
23
2002–2024
Data points
755

What the numbers show

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) is currently reported for 60 countries. The highest value is 1.32 GPIA in Qatar; the lowest is 0.3333 GPIA in El Salvador.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9578 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9612 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (up 73.3%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 57.8%).

Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 1.32 GPIA 2020 up 62.1% rising
2 Jamaica 1.28 GPIA 2021 up 21.3% rising
3 Albania 1.21 GPIA 2023 rising
4 Russian Federation 1.17 GPIA 2023 up 5.7% rising
5 Georgia 1.16 GPIA 2023 up 12.2% rising
6 Ecuador 1.13 GPIA 2024 up 13.3% flat
7 Estonia 1.09 GPIA 2017 up 10.7% flat
8 Malta 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 24.2% rising
9 Kazakhstan 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 12.7% rising
10 Lithuania 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 6.0% rising
11 Belarus 1.03 GPIA 2023 down 0.5% flat
12 Finland 1.02 GPIA 2016 up 11.6% rising
13 Paraguay 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 56.7% rising
14 Cyprus 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 18.6% rising
15 Norway 1 GPIA 2021 up 16.4% rising
15 Latvia 1 GPIA 2023 up 1.3% rising
17 Poland 0.9957 GPIA 2023 up 15.8% rising
18 Montenegro 0.9945 GPIA 2022 up 19.5% rising
19 Sweden 0.994 GPIA 2024 up 8.5% rising
20 Mexico 0.9932 GPIA 2023 up 29.3% rising
21 Czechia 0.988 GPIA 2023 up 6.4% rising
22 Thailand 0.984 GPIA 2020 down 7.5% falling
23 Serbia 0.9836 GPIA 2023 up 23.0% rising
24 Slovenia 0.9815 GPIA 2023 up 15.0% flat
25 Iceland 0.9765 GPIA 2014 up 8.1% rising
26 Hong Kong, China 0.9649 GPIA 2022 up 7.5% rising
27 Japan 0.9607 GPIA 2022 up 44.1% rising
28 Bulgaria 0.9604 GPIA 2023 up 7.6% rising
29 Hungary 0.9599 GPIA 2016 up 16.0% rising
30 Spain 0.959 GPIA 2023 up 19.1% rising
31 Republic of Korea 0.9567 GPIA 2023 up 11.1% rising
32 Ireland 0.9562 GPIA 2015 up 37.5% rising
33 Denmark 0.9533 GPIA 2024 up 4.2% rising
34 Bahrain 0.9516 GPIA 2023 down 26.5% falling
35 Macau, China 0.9515 GPIA 2021 up 27.3% rising
36 Brazil 0.9392 GPIA 2023 up 5.2% rising
37 Italy 0.9364 GPIA 2023 up 23.0% rising
38 Portugal 0.9306 GPIA 2023 up 21.7% rising
39 Slovakia 0.9274 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% rising
40 Switzerland 0.9244 GPIA 2023 up 12.2% rising
41 Singapore 0.9241 GPIA 2023 up 9.3% rising
42 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.917 GPIA 2016 up 73.3% rising
43 Luxembourg 0.917 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% rising
44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9155 GPIA 2023 up 13.1% rising
45 North Macedonia 0.9131 GPIA 2017 up 26.4% rising
46 Netherlands 0.8964 GPIA 2016 up 26.1% rising
47 Romania 0.8957 GPIA 2023 up 9.1% rising
48 France 0.8867 GPIA 2023 up 13.3% rising
49 Germany 0.8837 GPIA 2024 up 8.5% rising
50 Greece 0.8829 GPIA 2016 up 56.3% rising
51 Colombia 0.8814 GPIA 2023 up 3.4% flat
52 Mauritius 0.8702 GPIA 2020 up 32.7% flat
53 Croatia 0.8674 GPIA 2023 up 7.6% rising
54 Azerbaijan 0.8621 GPIA 2023 down 1.5% rising
55 Belgium 0.8618 GPIA 2023 up 6.7% rising
56 Austria 0.8593 GPIA 2022 up 11.7% rising
57 Egypt 0.8254 GPIA 2022 down 5.7% rising
58 Ukraine 0.7679 GPIA 2021 up 2.1% rising
59 Türkiye 0.7539 GPIA 2024 up 33.6% rising
60 El Salvador 0.3333 GPIA 2020 down 57.8% falling

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Indicator
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)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
60 places, 755 data points, 2002–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release