In 2024, 65 percent of female respondents in Portugal purchased books and were readers, compared to 58 percent of men. At the same time, 28 percent of men confessed to neither buying nor reading books, while 12 percent of women did not acquire any books but still read them.
Share of people purchasing and/or reading books in Portugal in 2024, by gender
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Associação Portuguesa de Editores e Livreiros. (August 15, 2024). Share of people purchasing and/or reading books in Portugal in 2024, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1549777/portugal-book-purchasers-and-readers-by-gender/
Associação Portuguesa de Editores e Livreiros. "Share of people purchasing and/or reading books in Portugal in 2024, by gender." Chart. August 15, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1549777/portugal-book-purchasers-and-readers-by-gender/
Associação Portuguesa de Editores e Livreiros. (2024). Share of people purchasing and/or reading books in Portugal in 2024, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1549777/portugal-book-purchasers-and-readers-by-gender/
Associação Portuguesa de Editores e Livreiros. "Share of People Purchasing And/or Reading Books in Portugal in 2024, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Aug 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1549777/portugal-book-purchasers-and-readers-by-gender/
Associação Portuguesa de Editores e Livreiros, Share of people purchasing and/or reading books in Portugal in 2024, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1549777/portugal-book-purchasers-and-readers-by-gender/ (last visited June 06, 2025)
Share of people purchasing and/or reading books in Portugal in 2024, by gender [Graph], Associação Portuguesa de Editores e Livreiros, August 15, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1549777/portugal-book-purchasers-and-readers-by-gender/
