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Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

A bar chart showing the percentage of children and young people who enjoy reading either very much or quite a lot from 2005 to 2019. The results are as follows:

  • 2005: 51.4%
  • 2007: 50.6%
  • 2009: 50.6%
  • 2010: 49.1%
  • 2011: 50.2%
  • 2012: 50.3%
  • 2013: 53.3%
  • 2014: 54.4%
  • 2015: 54.8%
  • 2016: 58.6%
  • 2017/18: 56.6%
  • 2019: 53.0%