French-speaking Belgium: annual budget of book readers, by book format

How much money did you spend on books this year? In the French-speaking parts of Belgium, a reader spent on average 127 euros to purchase printed books in 2019.

Whilst printed books did face a minor decrease in terms of the allocated budget from 2017 to 2019, the budget for e-books remained significantly lower.

Annual average budget for books in the French-speaking parts of Belgium from 2016 to 2019, by book format

Characteristic	Printed books	E-books
2019	127.6€	88€
2018	129€	69.6€
2017	134.2€	68.5€
2016	130.7€	82.5€

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Release date

June 2019

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Region

Belgium

Survey time period

2016 to 2019

Number of respondents

672 (print books) and 244 (e-books)

Age group

15 years and older

Special properties

readers who have bought at least one book

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "A combien estimez-vous le budget moyen annuel que vous consacrez à l’achat de livres imprimés / de livres numériques?" (English: How much annual budget do you estimate you dedicate to buying books or e-books?)

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