The statistic displays the share of people who have read a book in the past 12 months in the Netherlands from 2016 to 2019. The survey results show that in June 2019, 93 percent of readers surveyed had read all or part of an e-book or printed book within the past twelve months. This was a slight decrease in comparison to the previous survey, when 92 percent answered to have read a book in the last year.
Share of people who have read a book in the past 12 months in the Netherlands from 2016 to 2019*
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Share of people who have read a book in the past 12 months in the Netherlands from 2016 to 2019*
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* The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Heeft u in de afgelopen 12 maanden geheel of gedeeltelijk een boek (papieren dan wel e-books) gelezen?" (English:"Have you read all or part of a book (printed or e-book) in the past twelve months?")
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Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak (KVB), & Stichting Marktonderzoek Boekenvak, & Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek , & Koninklijke Bibliotheek, & Stichting Lezen. (August 12, 2019). Share of people who have read a book in the past 12 months in the Netherlands from 2016 to 2019* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 22, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/978597/share-of-people-who-have-read-a-book-in-the-past-year-in-the-netherlands/
Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak (KVB), und Stichting Marktonderzoek Boekenvak, und Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek , und Koninklijke Bibliotheek, und Stichting Lezen. "Share of people who have read a book in the past 12 months in the Netherlands from 2016 to 2019*." Chart. August 12, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/978597/share-of-people-who-have-read-a-book-in-the-past-year-in-the-netherlands/
Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak (KVB), Stichting Marktonderzoek Boekenvak, Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek , Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Stichting Lezen. (2019). Share of people who have read a book in the past 12 months in the Netherlands from 2016 to 2019*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/978597/share-of-people-who-have-read-a-book-in-the-past-year-in-the-netherlands/
Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak (KVB), and Stichting Marktonderzoek Boekenvak, and Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek , and Koninklijke Bibliotheek, and Stichting Lezen. "Share of People Who Have Read a Book in The past 12 Months in The Netherlands from 2016 to 2019*." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/978597/share-of-people-who-have-read-a-book-in-the-past-year-in-the-netherlands/
Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak (KVB) & Stichting Marktonderzoek Boekenvak & Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek & Koninklijke Bibliotheek & Stichting Lezen, Share of people who have read a book in the past 12 months in the Netherlands from 2016 to 2019* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/978597/share-of-people-who-have-read-a-book-in-the-past-year-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited February 22, 2025)
Share of people who have read a book in the past 12 months in the Netherlands from 2016 to 2019* [Graph], Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak (KVB), & Stichting Marktonderzoek Boekenvak, & Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek , & Koninklijke Bibliotheek, & Stichting Lezen, August 12, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/978597/share-of-people-who-have-read-a-book-in-the-past-year-in-the-netherlands/
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