In 2020, the share of Finnish people reading books remained at the same level of 25 percent as in the previous year. Before 2016, over 30 percent of the surveyed people in Finland had read books during the previous day. However, the results are not fully comparable with results from 2016 to 2019. Since 2016, figures only include fiction and non-fiction literature, as reading textbooks was excluded from the survey.
Share of people reading books in Finland from 2010 to 2020
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Statistics on Book market in Finland
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Market value of publishing media in Finland 2011-2021, by segment
- Premium Statistic Market value of the book industry in Finland 2010-2020
- Premium Statistic Revenue of the book industry in Finland 2020, by sector
- Premium Statistic Number of companies in the book industry in Finland 2020, by sector
- Premium Statistic Number of book titles published in Finland 2009-2019
- Premium Statistic Book readership in Finland 2010-2020
- Basic Statistic Daily time spent reading books in Finland 2010-2020
Publishing
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- Premium Statistic Most sold non-fiction books in Finland 2021
- Premium Statistic Most sold translated fiction books in Finland 2021
- Premium Statistic Most sold paperbacks in Finland 2021
- Premium Statistic Publisher sales revenue from general literature in Finland 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Publisher sales revenue from non-fiction books in Finland 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Publisher sales revenue from fiction books in Finland 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Publisher sales revenue from children's books in Finland 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Publisher sales revenue from comics in Finland 2011-2021
Libraries and book lending
4
E-books
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- Premium Statistic Digital publications sales in Finland 2014-2020
- Premium Statistic Most sold e-books in Finland 2021
- Premium Statistic Publisher sales revenue from digital publications in Finland 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Publisher sales revenue from fiction e-books in Finland 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Publisher sales revenue from non-fiction e-books in Finland 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Publisher sales revenue from children's e-books in Finland 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of e-books borrowed from libraries in Finland 2014-2020
Translations and Finnish literature abroad
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- Basic Statistic Most translated books by Finnish authors 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of Finnish book translations 2012-2020
- Premium Statistic Share of domestic and foreign literature published in Finland 2010-2019
- Premium Statistic Number of translated books published in Finland 2009-2019
- Premium Statistic Number of books translated into Finnish 2019, by original language
- Premium Statistic Most sold translated fiction books in Finland 2021
Further related statistics
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- Italy: number of books women read in one year 2017
- Italy: number of books men read in one year 2017
- Italy: number of books read in one year among the Millennials 2017
- Italy: female book readers comparison 1950-2017
- Italy: number of books read in one year 2017
- Italy: activities cut off for reading 2017
- Book readership in Sweden 2009-2021
- Daily time spent reading books in Finland 2020, by gender
- Daily time spent reading books in Finland 2020, by age group
- Italy: preference for printed books or e-books 2015-2016
- Italy: share of book readers 2010-2016
- Italy: number of books read per year 2011-2015
- Book reading frequency in selected countries worldwide 2017
- Reading books aloud to their children in Norway 2021, by frequency
- Book reading frequency worldwide 2017
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- Italy: number of books read in one year among the Millennials 2017
- Italy: female book readers comparison 1950-2017
- Italy: number of books read in one year 2017
- Italy: activities cut off for reading 2017
- Book readership in Sweden 2009-2021
- Daily time spent reading books in Finland 2020, by gender
- Daily time spent reading books in Finland 2020, by age group
- Italy: preference for printed books or e-books 2015-2016
- Italy: share of book readers 2010-2016
- Italy: number of books read per year 2011-2015
- Book reading frequency in selected countries worldwide 2017
- Reading books aloud to their children in Norway 2021, by frequency
- Book reading frequency worldwide 2017
Statistics Finland. (June 3, 2021). Share of people reading books in Finland from 2010 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 31, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/873120/share-of-people-reading-books-in-finland/
Statistics Finland. "Share of people reading books in Finland from 2010 to 2020." Chart. June 3, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/873120/share-of-people-reading-books-in-finland/
Statistics Finland. (2021). Share of people reading books in Finland from 2010 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/873120/share-of-people-reading-books-in-finland/
Statistics Finland. "Share of People Reading Books in Finland from 2010 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jun 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/873120/share-of-people-reading-books-in-finland/
Statistics Finland, Share of people reading books in Finland from 2010 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/873120/share-of-people-reading-books-in-finland/ (last visited March 31, 2023)
Share of people reading books in Finland from 2010 to 2020 [Graph], Statistics Finland, June 3, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/873120/share-of-people-reading-books-in-finland/