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Percentage of European teenagers spending more than 2 hours on screen time

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Percentage of European teenagers spending more than 2 hours on screen time

Belgium - Wallonia

Age

Males

Females
11 years 48 43
13 years 60 58
15 years 61 59

Belgium - Flanders

Age

Males

Females
11 years 55 54
13 years 59 63
15 years 64 55

Bulgaria

Age

Males

Females
11 years 64 66
13 years 73 79
15 years 70 72

Czechia

Age

Males

Females
11 years 62 48
13 years 62 58
15 years 65 59

Denmark

Age

Males

Females
11 years 60 49
13 years 65 66
15 years 71 68

Germany

Age

Males

Females
11 years 45 36
13 years 64 58
15 years 66 60

Estonia

Age

Males

Females
11 years 61 56
13 years 62 62
15 years 59 57

Ireland

Age

Males

Females
11 years 46 42
13 years 53 52
15 years 56 54

Greece

Age

Males

Females
11 years 53 45
13 years 66 66
15 years 71 65

Spain

Age

Males

Females
11 years 43 30
13 years 51 55
15 years 63 59

France

Age

Males

Females
11 years 50 39
13 years 62 62
15 years 62 58

Croatia

Age

Males

Females
11 years 49 47
13 years 65 66
15 years 66 59

Italy

Age

Males

Females
11 years 47 40
13 years 57 48
15 years 59 52

Latvia

Age

Males

Females
11 years 63 54
13 years 54 69
15 years 67 67

Lithuania

Age

Males

Females
11 years 59 54
13 years 54 62
15 years 63 58

Luxembourg

Age

Males

Females
11 years 44 37
13 years 37 61
15 years 53 61

Hungary

Age

Males

Females
11 years 47 40
13 years 40 57
15 years 56 58

Malta

Age

Males

Females
11 years 53 41
13 years 41 58
15 years 54 54

Netherlands

Age

Males

Females
11 years 61 61
13 years 61 70
15 years 71 75

Austria

Age

Males

Females
11 years 50 40
13 years 40 63
15 years 53 57

Poland

Age

Males

Females
11 years 56 49
13 years 49 60
15 years 65 64

Portugal

Age

Males

Females
11 years 52 45
13 years 45 61
15 years 62 51

Romania

Age

Males

Females
11 years 67 56
13 years 56 67
15 years 68 75

Slovenia

Age

Males

Females
11 years 49 40
13 years 40 61
15 years 57 50

Slovakia

Age

Males

Females
11 years 59 54
13 years 54 69
15 years 70 69

Finland

Age

Males

Females
11 years 58 55
13 years 55 65
15 years 59 52

Sweden

Age

Males

Females
11 years 58 51
13 years 51 66
15 years 68 67

UK - England

Age

Males

Females
11 years 51 51
13 years 51 66
15 years 68 66

UK - Scotland

Age

Males

Females
11 years 60 51
13 years 51 71
15 years 65 64

UK - Wales

Age

Males

Females
11 years 62 53
13 years 53 73
15 years 68 73