Proportion of youth and adults that sought health related information (on injury, disease, nutrition, etc.), both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
58
Highest
78.2%
Denmark
Lowest
0.1%
El Salvador
Median
53.0%
Years covered
23
2002–2024
Data points
749

What the numbers show

Proportion of youth and adults that sought health related information (on injury, disease, nutrition, etc.), both sexes (%) is currently reported for 58 countries. The highest value is 78.2% in Denmark; the lowest is 0.1% in El Salvador.

The median across all reporting countries is 53.0%, and the mean is 49.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 782.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 9,500.0%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 56.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Denmark 78.2% 2024 up 43.8% rising
2 Finland 77.5% 2023 up 29.0% rising
3 Norway 74.0% 2023 up 38.1% rising
4 Cyprus 73.7% 2023 up 128.9% volatile
5 Netherlands 72.2% 2022 up 37.5% rising
6 United Arab Emirates 70.0% 2023 up 107.7% rising
7 Malta 67.7% 2023 up 66.3% rising
8 Hungary 67.3% 2024 up 36.8% rising
8 Spain 67.3% 2023 up 54.0% volatile
10 Bahrain 67.2% 2023 up 123.3% rising
11 Lithuania 66.7% 2023 up 63.9% rising
11 Switzerland 66.7% 2023 up 25.4% rising
13 Iceland 65.5% 2013 up 43.3% rising
14 Austria 65.0% 2024 up 32.9% rising
15 Korea 64.5% 2023 up 66.2% rising
16 Sweden 63.7% 2024 up 14.0% rising
17 Estonia 63.5% 2023 up 62.4% rising
18 Malaysia 61.5% 2023 up 82.0% rising
19 Serbia 60.6% 2023 up 63.3% rising
20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 60.3% 2020 up 87.3% rising
21 Czechia 59.7% 2023 up 47.4% volatile
22 Germany 56.8% 2024 down 2.6% rising
23 Türkiye 56.3% 2024 up 119.1% volatile
24 Luxembourg 55.1% 2024 down 4.8% rising
25 Croatia 54.9% 2023 up 55.5% rising
26 Belgium 54.7% 2023 up 26.3% rising
27 Portugal 54.6% 2023 up 31.6% rising
28 Singapore 54.3% 2023 up 596.2% volatile
29 Poland 53.0% 2023 up 99.2% volatile
30 Italy 52.9% 2023 up 64.3% rising
31 Latvia 52.6% 2023 up 41.0% rising
32 Slovenia 51.3% 2023 up 2.4% rising
33 France 51.0% 2023 up 4.9% rising
34 Slovakia 50.8% 2024 up 14.9% rising
35 Montenegro 50.7% 2022 up 119.5% rising
36 Greece 48.7% 2023 up 45.4% volatile
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 47.6% 2023 up 47.8% rising
38 Mexico 47.1% 2023 up 80.5% volatile
39 Romania 46.1% 2023 up 72.7% rising
40 Brazil 45.1% 2023 up 97.8% rising
41 Bulgaria 43.1% 2023 up 58.5% volatile
42 Palestine, State of 41.5% 2023 up 154.6% volatile
43 Georgia 41.3% 2023 up 42.4% rising
44 North Macedonia 39.6% 2018 up 316.8% volatile
45 Egypt 39.2% 2022 up 312.6% rising
46 Albania 38.5% 2023 rising
47 Ireland 37.0% 2015 up 252.4% volatile
48 Colombia 35.0% 2023 up 27.7% rising
49 Russian Federation 32.7% 2023 up 145.9% rising
50 Paraguay 28.8% 2023 up 9,500.0% volatile
51 Ukraine 21.1% 2021 up 185.1% volatile
52 Kazakhstan 20.3% 2023 up 88.0% rising
53 Iran, Islamic Republic of 17.0% 2021 up 639.1% volatile
54 Morocco 15.9% 2021 down 10.2% falling
55 Qatar 15.8% 2020 down 56.2% falling
56 Thailand 14.5% 2020 up 98.6% rising
57 Azerbaijan 4.9% 2023 up 157.9% rising
58 El Salvador 0.1% 2020 unchanged volatile

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Indicator
Proportion of youth and adults that sought health related information (on injury, disease, nutrition, etc.), both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
58 places, 749 data points, 2002–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release