Number of books read among children and teens in China 2019-2023, by age group
In 2023, Chinese children and adolescents read an average of 11.39 extracurricular books. Teens aged from 14 to 17 years read over 13.7 books per person that year, the highest among other age groups below 18 years old. That year, the overall book reading rate of Chinese kids and teens amounted to 86.2 percent.