In 2021, Finns spent on average 19 minutes per day reading books. Over the period from 2011 to 2021, the daily time spent on reading books varied between 19 and 35 minutes in Finland.
Since 2016, figures only include fiction and non-fiction literature, as reading textbooks was excluded from the survey.
Time spent reading books daily in Finland from 2011 to 2021
(in minutes)
* 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.
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Statistics Finland. (December 31, 2022). Time spent reading books daily in Finland from 2011 to 2021 (in minutes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 15, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/873340/time-spent-reading-books-in-finland/
Statistics Finland. "Time spent reading books daily in Finland from 2011 to 2021 (in minutes)." Chart. December 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed October 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/873340/time-spent-reading-books-in-finland/
Statistics Finland. (2022). Time spent reading books daily in Finland from 2011 to 2021 (in minutes). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/873340/time-spent-reading-books-in-finland/
Statistics Finland. "Time Spent Reading Books Daily in Finland from 2011 to 2021 (in Minutes)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/873340/time-spent-reading-books-in-finland/
Statistics Finland, Time spent reading books daily in Finland from 2011 to 2021 (in minutes) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/873340/time-spent-reading-books-in-finland/ (last visited October 15, 2024)
Time spent reading books daily in Finland from 2011 to 2021 (in minutes) [Graph], Statistics Finland, December 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/873340/time-spent-reading-books-in-finland/
