Public library, circulation - loans per capita

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Last update: 2024-05-15

Explanation

Municipal library administrations annually submit information for statistics on municipal public libraries. Every municipal library system with appertaining head libraries and sub-libraries, including municipal libraries at care institutions, is regarded as one unit. In addition, 38 independent libraries are included in public library statistics, as well as the Talking Book and the Braille Library, the Sigtuna Foundation Library and the Swedish Seamen's Library. As of year 2001, the libraries for Swedes abroad are no longer included.

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Loans in the municipal library systems in 2023
Municipality/Region	Media loan (books and audio-visual) per inhabitant
Ale	5
Alingsås	7
Bengtsfors	5
Bollebygd	7
Borås	6
Dals-Ed	7
Essunga	7
Falköping	5
Färgelanda	4
Grästorp	6
Gullspång	6
Göteborg	6
Götene	4
Herrljunga	4
Hjo	6
Härryda	8
Karlsborg	6
Kungälv	5
Lerum	8
Lidköping	6
Lilla Edet	2
Lysekil	3
Mariestad	6
Mark	5
Mellerud	6
Munkedal	5
Mölndal	8
Orust	7
Partille	5
Skara	5
Skövde	4
Sotenäs	6
Stenungsund	9
Strömstad	5
Svenljunga	3
Tanum	5
Tibro	4
Tidaholm	5
Tjörn	5
Tranemo	5
Trollhättan	4
Töreboda	5
Uddevalla	5
Ulricehamn	6
Vara	6
Vårgårda	3
Vänersborg	4
Åmål	6
Öckerö	5
Västra Götaland County	6
Sweden	5
Source: National Library of Sweden

Loans in the municipal library systems in 2013-2023
Municipality/Region	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Ale	7	8	8	8	7	5	5	5	4	5	5
Alingsås	8	7	6	4	7	8	7	7	5	7	7
Bengtsfors	7	12	7	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	5
Bollebygd	12	10	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	7	7
Borås	11	8	11	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	6
Dals-Ed	9	8	9	9	8	6	6	5	6	7	7
Essunga	8	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	6	6	7
Falköping	7	6	8	8	5	5	6	5	4	5	5
Färgelanda	7	8	6	6	6	6	7	4	4	4	4
Grästorp	9	7	7	6	5	6	5	5	7	6	6
Gullspång	6	6	7	7	5	5	5	5	4	5	6
Göteborg	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	6
Götene	6	5	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Herrljunga	6	7	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	5	4
Hjo	5	6	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	6
Härryda	12	7	12	5	10	10	9	9	8	8	8
Karlsborg	6	7	5	10	5	5	6	6	6	6	6
Kungälv	7	7	6	5	6	6	7	6	4	5	5
Lerum	8	6	8	6	8	8	8	7	7	8	8
Lidköping	7	6	7	8	7	7	7	6	5	6	6
Lilla Edet	5	6	4	7	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Lysekil	5	7	6	3	5	5	5	4	3	4	3
Mariestad	6	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	6
Mark	8	9	7	5	7	7	6	6	4	5	5
Mellerud	7	11	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6
Munkedal	6	9	10	7	..	7	6	5	4	5	5
Mölndal	9	10	6	10	..	8	7	8	8	8	8
Orust	10	6	8	6	9	12	10	8	7	8	7
Partille	6	8	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Skara	8	17	6	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5
Skövde	5	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Sotenäs	6	6	11	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Stenungsund	12	11	10	11	11	10	9	7	8	9	9
Strömstad	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	5
Svenljunga	5	8	8	5	4	4	3	3	2	3	3
Tanum	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	4	3	4	5
Tibro	7	6	..	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Tidaholm	6	6	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Tjörn	8	8	10	9	10	6	8	7	5	4	5
Tranemo	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	4	4	5	5
Trollhättan	7	8	6	5	5	6	5	4	3	4	4
Töreboda	7	8	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5
Uddevalla	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5
Ulricehamn	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	5	6	6
Vara	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6
Vårgårda	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Vänersborg	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	4
Åmål	7	7	6	7	6	6	5	5	4	5	6
Öckerö	8	7	8	8	6	6	5	5	4	5	5
Västra Götaland County	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	6
Sweden	7	..	8	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	5
Source: National Library of Sweden

Loans in the municipal library systems in 2013-2023. Index year 2013=100
Municipality/Region	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Ale	100	103	108	102	100	73	71	66	54	63	64
Alingsås	100	89	72	50	84	100	87	90	63	86	95
Bengtsfors	100	171	99	90	109	91	92	70	72	79	77
Bollebygd	100	84	72	70	71	68	74	68	64	61	63
Borås	100	75	100	83	72	69	66	62	54	58	58
Dals-Ed	100	93	103	99	95	72	67	59	66	74	75
Essunga	100	77	86	85	101	95	90	83	73	81	92
Falköping	100	86	114	117	76	75	78	72	63	72	75
Färgelanda	100	118	83	81	93	82	97	56	55	58	60
Grästorp	100	73	75	66	54	62	58	56	73	67	60
Gullspång	100	101	127	126	88	79	89	82	66	96	97
Göteborg	100	78	77	73	93	90	91	86	79	81	82
Götene	100	83	97	117	92	78	75	77	76	77	76
Herrljunga	100	118	93	94	78	78	79	75	72	80	75
Hjo	100	118	112	88	93	100	103	80	93	102	113
Härryda	100	63	101	44	87	84	82	79	72	72	72
Karlsborg	100	120	90	172	79	90	97	96	92	98	102
Kungälv	100	99	87	70	84	91	101	78	61	71	74
Lerum	100	68	93	71	99	93	94	85	90	101	96
Lidköping	100	78	98	112	99	94	94	85	71	82	83
Lilla Edet	100	117	76	132	57	51	58	45	39	47	46
Lysekil	100	126	104	55	91	85	88	69	62	80	50
Mariestad	100	121	95	82	74	74	82	82	73	105	96
Mark	100	104	79	55	84	81	75	70	52	61	61
Mellerud	100	167	121	92	83	74	80	69	74	90	84
Munkedal	100	139	159	112	..	119	94	77	68	81	83
Mölndal	100	108	64	109	..	87	84	95	86	86	91
Orust	100	65	79	58	88	119	107	83	74	85	72
Partille	100	121	78	114	87	87	75	82	82	75	84
Skara	100	209	79	91	85	77	69	65	60	61	64
Skövde	100	96	131	90	81	77	80	81	74	78	82
Sotenäs	100	89	176	92	84	91	97	95	86	99	96
Stenungsund	100	96	83	90	90	82	72	63	67	79	78
Strömstad	100	88	97	89	84	84	86	88	96	85	71
Svenljunga	100	146	146	99	84	78	62	56	47	60	57
Tanum	100	100	96	76	73	78	107	81	58	72	92
Tibro	100	86	..	50	50	48	49	52	53	61	60
Tidaholm	100	99	98	102	88	88	85	83	78	77	78
Tjörn	100	107	133	120	126	77	98	92	63	57	59
Tranemo	100	94	93	90	85	80	72	52	54	66	65
Trollhättan	100	117	93	80	78	91	69	59	52	61	65
Töreboda	100	113	99	111	103	78	81	79	78	79	77
Uddevalla	100	87	86	83	79	78	79	64	60	66	63
Ulricehamn	100	97	94	95	90	87	81	72	66	71	72
Vara	100	97	96	97	94	84	95	95	87	91	100
Vårgårda	100	109	103	94	82	75	80	64	55	64	64
Vänersborg	100	99	93	91	76	72	70	56	46	40	66
Åmål	100	93	93	94	90	81	79	68	55	69	82
Öckerö	100	92	98	94	75	74	67	61	54	61	62
Västra Götaland County	100	100	100	91	87	84	83	77	70	75	76
Sweden	100	..	116	88	82	80	79	73	63	70	72
Source: National Library of Sweden