Proportion of youth and adults that sought health related information (on injury, disease, nutrition, etc.), 25-74 years old, female (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
54
Highest
87.2%
Finland
Lowest
0.2%
El Salvador
Median
57.4%
Years covered
23
2002–2024
Data points
651

What the numbers show

Proportion of youth and adults that sought health related information (on injury, disease, nutrition, etc.), 25-74 years old, female (%) is currently reported for 54 countries. The highest value is 87.2% in Finland; the lowest is 0.2% in El Salvador.

The median across all reporting countries is 57.4%, and the mean is 55.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 436.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 9,450.0%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 19.0%).

Proportion of youth and adults that sought health related information: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Finland 87.2% 2023 up 4.3% rising
2 Denmark 85.7% 2024 up 42.8% rising
3 Norway 82.2% 2021 up 46.5% rising
4 Cyprus 78.4% 2023 up 128.6% volatile
5 Lithuania 77.6% 2023 up 60.0% rising
6 Czechia 76.6% 2023 up 78.1% volatile
7 Hungary 75.6% 2024 up 76.2% rising
8 Switzerland 75.5% 2023 up 24.0% rising
9 Sweden 74.7% 2024 up 45.3% rising
10 Austria 72.9% 2024 up 46.4% volatile
11 Malta 72.4% 2023 up 84.2% rising
12 Spain 71.9% 2023 up 59.8% volatile
13 Iceland 71.0% 2013 up 41.2% rising
14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 70.4% 2020 up 86.2% rising
15 Netherlands 70.2% 2016 up 46.6% rising
16 Bahrain 68.0% 2023 up 80.9% rising
17 Latvia 65.7% 2023 up 39.2% volatile
18 Korea 65.2% 2023 up 53.8% rising
19 Germany 63.9% 2024 up 0.2% rising
20 Poland 63.3% 2023 up 16.4% volatile
21 Luxembourg 61.8% 2024 down 7.9% rising
22 France 59.7% 2023 up 15.0% rising
23 Montenegro 58.9% 2022 up 12.2% rising
23 Italy 58.9% 2023 up 49.5% volatile
25 Serbia 58.6% 2022 up 558.4% rising
26 Belgium 57.9% 2023 up 23.7% rising
27 Slovenia 57.5% 2023 up 18.8% rising
28 Portugal 57.3% 2023 up 71.6% rising
28 Croatia 57.3% 2023 up 72.1% rising
30 Mexico 55.4% 2023 up 114.7% volatile
31 Singapore 55.0% 2023 up 409.3% volatile
32 Türkiye 54.8% 2024 up 163.5% rising
33 Romania 54.7% 2023 up 90.6% volatile
34 Georgia 54.2% 2023 up 39.0% rising
35 Slovakia 54.1% 2024 up 5.7% rising
36 Brazil 51.7% 2023 up 104.3% rising
37 Bulgaria 51.1% 2023 up 53.0% volatile
38 Russian Federation 46.3% 2023 up 142.4% rising
39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 46.0% 2023 up 1,383.9% rising
39 Palestine, State of 46.0% 2019 up 521.6% volatile
41 North Macedonia 43.0% 2017 up 1,435.7% volatile
42 Ireland 42.6% 2015 up 206.5% volatile
43 Greece 42.3% 2016 up 819.6% volatile
44 Paraguay 38.2% 2023 up 9,450.0% volatile
45 Ukraine 37.7% 2021 up 259.0% volatile
46 Albania 37.0% 2023 rising
47 Estonia 35.9% 2017 up 6.5% rising
48 Colombia 35.7% 2023 up 0.8% flat
49 Egypt 34.4% 2022 up 186.7% rising
50 Qatar 31.2% 2020 down 19.0% falling
51 Kazakhstan 29.9% 2023 up 81.2% rising
52 Thailand 18.2% 2020 up 152.8% rising
53 Azerbaijan 5.4% 2023 up 100.0% rising
54 El Salvador 0.2% 2020 unchanged rising

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Indicator
Proportion of youth and adults that sought health related information (on injury, disease, nutrition, etc.), 25-74 years old, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
54 places, 651 data points, 2002–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release