Public library, circulation - loans per capita

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Last update: 2023-05-17

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 2022
Municipality/Region	Media loan (books and audio-visual) per inhabitant
Ale	5
Alingsås	7
Bengtsfors	5
Bollebygd	7
Borås	6
Dals-Ed	7
Essunga	6
Falköping	5
Färgelanda	4
Grästorp	6
Gullspång	5
Göteborg	5
Götene	4
Herrljunga	5
Hjo	5
Härryda	8
Karlsborg	6
Kungälv	5
Lerum	8
Lidköping	6
Lilla Edet	2
Lysekil	4
Mariestad	7
Mark	5
Mellerud	6
Munkedal	5
Mölndal	8
Orust	8
Partille	5
Skara	5
Skövde	4
Sotenäs	6
Stenungsund	9
Strömstad	6
Svenljunga	3
Tanum	4
Tibro	4
Tidaholm	5
Tjörn	4
Tranemo	5
Trollhättan	4
Töreboda	5
Uddevalla	5
Ulricehamn	6
Vara	5
Vårgårda	3
Vänersborg	2
Åmål	5
Öckerö	5
Västra Götaland County	6
Sweden	5
Source: National Library of Sweden

Loans in the municipal library systems in 2012-2022
Municipality/Region	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Ale	7	7	8	8	8	7	5	5	5	4	5
Alingsås	9	8	7	6	4	7	8	7	7	5	7
Bengtsfors	7	7	12	7	6	7	6	6	5	5	5
Bollebygd	12	12	10	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	7
Borås	11	11	8	11	9	8	7	7	7	6	6
Dals-Ed	10	9	8	9	9	8	6	6	5	6	7
Essunga	8	8	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	6	6
Falköping	7	7	6	8	8	5	5	6	5	4	5
Färgelanda	8	7	8	6	6	6	6	7	4	4	4
Grästorp	5	9	7	7	6	5	6	5	5	7	6
Gullspång	7	6	6	7	7	5	5	5	5	4	5
Göteborg	7	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5
Götene	6	6	5	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	4
Herrljunga	6	6	7	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	5
Hjo	5	5	6	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	5
Härryda	12	12	7	12	5	10	10	9	9	8	8
Karlsborg	6	6	7	5	10	5	5	6	6	6	6
Kungälv	7	7	7	6	5	6	6	7	6	4	5
Lerum	9	8	6	8	6	8	8	8	7	7	8
Lidköping	7	7	6	7	8	7	7	7	6	5	6
Lilla Edet	7	5	6	4	7	3	3	3	2	2	2
Lysekil	6	5	7	6	3	5	5	5	4	3	4
Mariestad	6	6	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	7
Mark	8	8	9	7	5	7	7	6	6	4	5
Mellerud	7	7	11	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	6
Munkedal	6	6	9	10	7	..	7	6	5	4	5
Mölndal	9	9	10	6	10	..	8	7	8	8	8
Orust	10	10	6	8	6	9	12	10	8	7	8
Partille	6	6	8	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	5
Skara	8	8	17	6	7	7	6	6	5	5	5
Skövde	6	5	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Sotenäs	..	6	6	11	6	5	6	6	6	6	6
Stenungsund	12	12	11	10	11	11	10	9	7	8	9
Strömstad	8	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	6
Svenljunga	6	5	8	8	5	4	4	3	3	2	3
Tanum	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	4	3	4
Tibro	6	7	6	..	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Tidaholm	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	5
Tjörn	8	8	8	10	9	10	6	8	7	5	4
Tranemo	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	4	4	5
Trollhättan	7	7	8	6	5	5	6	5	4	3	4
Töreboda	7	7	8	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5
Uddevalla	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
Ulricehamn	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	5	6
Vara	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Vårgårda	5	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Vänersborg	7	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	2
Åmål	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	5	5	4	5
Öckerö	8	8	7	8	8	6	6	5	5	4	5
Västra Götaland County	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	6
Sweden	7	7	..	8	6	6	6	5	5	4	5
Source: National Library of Sweden

Loans in the municipal library systems in 2012-2022. Index year 2012=100
Municipality/Region	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Ale	100	100	103	108	103	100	73	71	67	54	63
Alingsås	100	86	76	62	43	73	86	75	77	54	74
Bengtsfors	100	96	164	95	86	104	87	88	68	69	76
Bollebygd	100	97	82	70	68	69	67	72	67	62	59
Borås	100	94	70	95	79	68	65	62	58	51	54
Dals-Ed	100	89	83	92	88	85	65	59	53	59	66
Essunga	100	94	73	81	81	96	89	85	78	69	76
Falköping	100	102	88	116	119	78	76	80	73	64	73
Färgelanda	100	85	100	70	69	79	70	82	48	47	50
Grästorp	100	198	144	148	131	108	123	116	110	145	132
Gullspång	100	83	83	105	104	73	65	73	68	54	79
Göteborg	100	95	74	73	70	88	85	87	81	75	77
Götene	100	102	85	99	119	93	79	76	78	78	79
Herrljunga	100	103	121	95	96	80	80	81	77	74	82
Hjo	100	106	125	119	93	99	107	109	85	99	108
Härryda	100	100	63	101	44	87	84	82	79	72	72
Karlsborg	100	98	118	88	168	77	88	95	94	90	96
Kungälv	100	101	100	88	70	85	92	102	79	62	71
Lerum	100	96	66	90	68	95	89	90	82	86	97
Lidköping	100	109	85	107	123	108	103	102	93	77	90
Lilla Edet	100	77	90	59	101	44	39	45	35	30	36
Lysekil	100	93	117	97	51	85	79	82	64	58	75
Mariestad	100	102	123	96	83	75	75	84	84	74	107
Mark	100	98	101	77	54	82	79	73	68	51	59
Mellerud	100	103	172	125	95	85	76	82	71	76	92
Munkedal	100	100	139	159	112	..	119	94	77	68	80
Mölndal	100	95	103	61	104	..	83	80	91	82	82
Orust	100	100	65	79	58	88	119	107	83	74	85
Partille	100	99	120	78	113	87	86	75	82	82	74
Skara	100	98	205	77	89	83	75	68	64	59	60
Skövde	100	89	86	117	80	72	68	71	72	66	69
Sotenäs		100	89	176	92	84	91	97	95	86	99
Stenungsund	100	99	95	82	89	89	81	71	62	66	78
Strömstad	100	90	79	87	80	75	76	77	79	86	77
Svenljunga	100	86	125	125	84	72	67	53	48	40	52
Tanum	100	83	83	80	63	61	65	89	68	49	60
Tibro	100	102	88	..	51	51	50	51	53	55	62
Tidaholm	100	100	99	98	102	87	87	85	83	78	77
Tjörn	100	99	106	132	119	125	76	97	91	63	57
Tranemo	100	95	89	88	85	81	76	68	50	51	63
Trollhättan	100	95	111	88	76	74	86	66	56	50	58
Töreboda	100	97	109	96	107	100	76	78	76	76	77
Uddevalla	100	99	86	85	82	78	77	78	63	60	66
Ulricehamn	100	98	96	93	94	88	86	80	71	65	70
Vara	100	93	90	89	91	88	79	89	89	81	85
Vårgårda	100	105	114	108	98	85	78	84	66	57	67
Vänersborg	100	91	90	85	83	69	65	63	51	42	36
Åmål	100	103	96	95	96	93	83	81	70	57	71
Öckerö	100	100	92	98	94	76	75	67	61	54	61
Västra Götaland County	100	97	96	96	88	84	81	80	75	68	73
Sweden	100	98	..	113	87	81	78	78	71	62	68
Source: National Library of Sweden