• Finland: share of people reading books 2009-2019

In 2019, the share of Finnish people reading books remained at the same level of 28 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 2009 to 2019

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Release date

December 2020

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Region

Finland

Survey time period

2009 to 2019

Number of respondents

17,982 respondents

Age group

15-69 years

Special properties

Refers to individuals who were reading books during the previous day

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

* In 2010 the method and target group have been changed. Therefore the results are not comparable with previous results.
** Data on 2016 are not comparable with earlier data. From 2016 onwards, literature comprises reading of non-fiction and fiction, while earlier included was reading of fiction, textbooks and non-fiction.

The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.