The Conversation 19 November 2024 by Katya Johanson
Recent international research shows Australians are buying and reading fewer books than people in many other countries. But why?
A report by the European and International Book Federation found that only 64% of Australians bought a book in the past year, compared to an average 72% of people across 19 countries.
Similarly, 80% of Australians read a book in the past year, slightly below the international average of 85%. These differences are slim, but as book buyers and readers, we are among the lowest in the sample, alongside Aotearoa New Zealand, Finland, Latvia and the United States.
The number of people who had read a book in the past year in Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and Ireland all came in at over 90%.
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