The Statistical Office of the European Union has published data on reading levels in European countries for 2022. Depending on the state, the figure ranged from 75.2% of residents who read to 29.5%. Cyprus is at the very bottom of the list.
Cyprus was in second to last place: only 33.1% of the population read books during the year. In terms of volume read: 21.3% read less than five books, 7.1% read from five to nine books, and 4.7% read more than ten books.
Books are even less popular than in Cyprus in Romania: 29.5% of residents have held a book in their hands during the year. The situation is slightly better in Italy – 35.4% of readers.
The most read countries in the EU were Luxembourg (75.2%), Denmark (72.1%) and Estonia (70.7%). The country with the largest share of avid book lovers who read more than ten publications per year was Ireland: such readers make up 25.9% of the country's population.
The study showed that women and members of the younger generation read more. Thus, in Cyprus, 25.2% of men and 39.4% of women read, and in the EU, on average, 60.5% of women and 44.5% of men.
Below is an infographic of the statistics.
Text and infographics prepared based on Eurostat materials
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