In 2021, 55 percent of young adults in Germany read books in their free time, and this was also true for 56 percent of pensioners. Smaller shares of the German population read books for leisure several times a week.
Share of people who read books in their free time in Germany in 2021, by phase of life
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BAT Stiftung für Zukunftsfragen. (September 17, 2021). Share of people who read books in their free time in Germany in 2021, by phase of life [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 20, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101734/reading-books-free-time-phase-of-life-germany/
BAT Stiftung für Zukunftsfragen. "Share of people who read books in their free time in Germany in 2021, by phase of life." Chart. September 17, 2021. Statista. Accessed September 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101734/reading-books-free-time-phase-of-life-germany/
BAT Stiftung für Zukunftsfragen. (2021). Share of people who read books in their free time in Germany in 2021, by phase of life. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101734/reading-books-free-time-phase-of-life-germany/
BAT Stiftung für Zukunftsfragen. "Share of People Who Read Books in Their Free Time in Germany in 2021, by Phase of Life." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101734/reading-books-free-time-phase-of-life-germany/
BAT Stiftung für Zukunftsfragen, Share of people who read books in their free time in Germany in 2021, by phase of life Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101734/reading-books-free-time-phase-of-life-germany/ (last visited September 20, 2024)
Share of people who read books in their free time in Germany in 2021, by phase of life [Graph], BAT Stiftung für Zukunftsfragen, September 17, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101734/reading-books-free-time-phase-of-life-germany/