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A line graph showing the percentage of people aged 16 who were lonely ‘often/always’ or ‘some of the time’, Northern Ireland, 2017/18 to 2025/26; this shows that after rising during the COVID-19 pandemic, loneliness amongst all demographics aged 16 and over in Northern Ireland is generally trending downwards.