Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
64
Highest
1.36 GPIA
Qatar
Lowest
0.5 GPIA
El Salvador
Median
0.9631 GPIA
Years covered
23
2002–2024
Data points
802

What the numbers show

Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 64 countries. The highest value is 1.36 GPIA in Qatar; the lowest is 0.5 GPIA in El Salvador.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9631 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9677 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (up 75.6%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 43.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 1.36 GPIA 2020 up 59.4% rising
2 Jamaica 1.28 GPIA 2021 up 6.2% flat
3 United Arab Emirates 1.18 GPIA 2023 up 31.9% rising
4 Russian Federation 1.16 GPIA 2023 up 4.4% rising
5 Georgia 1.14 GPIA 2023 up 12.2% rising
6 Ecuador 1.14 GPIA 2024 down 24.0% rising
7 Malta 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 14.2% rising
8 Kazakhstan 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 11.3% rising
9 Lithuania 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 7.8% rising
10 Mexico 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 24.1% rising
11 Paraguay 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 61.5% rising
12 Belarus 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 0.4% flat
13 Latvia 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 3.7% flat
14 Thailand 1.01 GPIA 2020 down 15.2% falling
15 Cyprus 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 12.1% rising
16 Montenegro 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 21.0% rising
17 Poland 1 GPIA 2023 up 15.2% rising
18 Albania 1 GPIA 2023 rising
18 Norway 1 GPIA 2021 up 13.8% rising
20 Serbia 0.9959 GPIA 2023 up 23.5% rising
21 Finland 0.992 GPIA 2016 up 4.3% rising
22 Hungary 0.9909 GPIA 2017 up 9.1% rising
23 Malaysia 0.9896 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% flat
24 Macau, China 0.9836 GPIA 2021 up 27.4% rising
25 Estonia 0.9803 GPIA 2019 down 3.3% flat
26 Iceland 0.9755 GPIA 2014 up 9.6% rising
27 Denmark 0.9718 GPIA 2024 up 5.7% rising
28 Bahrain 0.97 GPIA 2023 down 29.2% falling
29 Slovenia 0.9698 GPIA 2023 up 8.6% flat
30 Ireland 0.9679 GPIA 2015 up 51.2% rising
31 Czechia 0.967 GPIA 2023 up 4.2% rising
32 Sweden 0.9633 GPIA 2024 up 4.1% rising
33 Brazil 0.9628 GPIA 2023 down 3.3% flat
34 Republic of Korea 0.9619 GPIA 2023 up 10.3% rising
35 Bulgaria 0.9618 GPIA 2023 up 6.3% rising
36 Italy 0.9591 GPIA 2023 up 19.8% rising
37 Spain 0.9563 GPIA 2023 up 17.5% rising
38 Hong Kong, China 0.9514 GPIA 2022 up 4.8% rising
39 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9497 GPIA 2016 up 75.6% rising
40 Slovakia 0.9494 GPIA 2024 down 3.2% rising
41 Singapore 0.9474 GPIA 2023 up 8.3% rising
42 Mauritius 0.9395 GPIA 2020 up 14.6% rising
43 Luxembourg 0.932 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% rising
44 Portugal 0.9309 GPIA 2023 up 19.6% rising
45 Colombia 0.9299 GPIA 2023 up 10.4% rising
46 Morocco 0.9253 GPIA 2021 down 8.4% flat
47 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9147 GPIA 2023 up 5.6% rising
48 Azerbaijan 0.9123 GPIA 2023 down 8.8% rising
49 Germany 0.9018 GPIA 2024 up 7.7% rising
50 Romania 0.901 GPIA 2023 up 6.8% rising
51 North Macedonia 0.9004 GPIA 2017 up 24.9% rising
52 Japan 0.8901 GPIA 2022 up 37.8% rising
53 Belgium 0.8838 GPIA 2023 up 6.1% rising
54 Greece 0.8834 GPIA 2016 up 39.1% rising
55 Egypt 0.8816 GPIA 2022 up 13.3% rising
56 Switzerland 0.8795 GPIA 2023 up 11.4% rising
57 France 0.879 GPIA 2023 up 10.2% rising
58 Netherlands 0.8716 GPIA 2016 up 20.6% rising
59 Austria 0.8634 GPIA 2022 up 10.1% rising
60 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.8426 GPIA 2021 up 11.6% rising
61 Croatia 0.8206 GPIA 2023 up 4.4% rising
62 Ukraine 0.8042 GPIA 2021 up 9.0% rising
63 Türkiye 0.7795 GPIA 2024 up 33.5% rising
64 El Salvador 0.5 GPIA 2020 down 43.8% falling

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Indicator
Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
64 places, 802 data points, 2002–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release