Share of people reading books in the Netherlands 2012-2016
The statistic displays the share of people reading books in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2016. The share of people who read books in the Netherlands remained stable in the time period considered. In 2012, 79 percent of the population read books, whereas as of 2016, the share of people who had read books within the last twelve months had decreased by one percent, to 78 percent of the people.