Public library, circulation - loans per capita

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Last update: 2025-05-14

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 2025
Municipality/Region	Media loan (books and audio-visual) per inhabitant
Ale	5
Alingsås	7
Bengtsfors	5
Bollebygd	7
Borås	5
Dals-Ed	6
Essunga	6
Falköping	4
Färgelanda	4
Grästorp	5
Gullspång	5
Göteborg	5
Götene	4
Herrljunga	5
Hjo	5
Härryda	8
Karlsborg	6
Kungälv	5
Lerum	8
Lidköping	6
Lilla Edet	3
Lysekil	5
Mariestad	5
Mark	4
Mellerud	4
Munkedal	5
Mölndal	8
Orust	7
Partille	6
Skara	5
Skövde	5
Sotenäs	7
Stenungsund	8
Strömstad	4
Svenljunga	3
Tanum	4
Tibro	5
Tidaholm	5
Tjörn	6
Tranemo	5
Trollhättan	4
Töreboda	5
Uddevalla	5
Ulricehamn	4
Vara	6
Vårgårda	4
Vänersborg	4
Åmål	6
Öckerö	5
Västra Götaland County	5
Sweden	5
Source: National Library of Sweden

Loans in the municipal library systems in 2015-2025
Municipality/Region	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Ale	8	8	7	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5
Alingsås	6	4	7	8	7	7	5	7	7	8	7
Bengtsfors	7	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Bollebygd	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	7
Borås	11	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5
Dals-Ed	9	9	8	6	6	5	6	7	7	6	6
Essunga	7	7	8	8	7	7	6	6	7	7	6
Falköping	8	8	5	5	6	5	4	5	5	5	4
Färgelanda	6	6	6	6	7	4	4	4	4	4	4
Grästorp	7	6	5	6	5	5	7	6	6	6	5
Gullspång	7	7	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	5	5
Göteborg	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	5
Götene	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Herrljunga	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	5
Hjo	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	6	5	5
Härryda	12	5	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Karlsborg	5	10	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Kungälv	6	5	6	6	7	6	4	5	5	4	5
Lerum	8	6	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	5	8
Lidköping	7	8	7	7	7	6	5	6	6	8	6
Lilla Edet	4	7	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	6	3
Lysekil	6	3	5	5	5	4	3	4	3	3	5
Mariestad	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	5	5
Mark	7	5	7	7	6	6	4	5	5	5	4
Mellerud	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	4
Munkedal	10	7	..	7	6	5	4	5	5	6	5
Mölndal	6	10	..	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Orust	8	6	9	12	10	8	7	8	7	7	7
Partille	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6
Skara	6	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Skövde	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Sotenäs	11	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7
Stenungsund	10	11	11	10	9	7	8	9	9	9	8
Strömstad	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	5	5	4
Svenljunga	8	5	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	3
Tanum	5	4	4	4	6	4	3	4	5	5	4
Tibro	..	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5
Tidaholm	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Tjörn	10	9	10	6	8	7	5	4	5	6	6
Tranemo	8	7	7	7	6	4	4	5	5	5	5
Trollhättan	6	5	5	6	5	4	3	4	4	4	4
Töreboda	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Uddevalla	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Ulricehamn	8	8	7	7	7	6	5	6	6	6	4
Vara	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
Vårgårda	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4
Vänersborg	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4
Åmål	6	7	6	6	5	5	4	5	6	6	6
Öckerö	8	8	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5
Västra Götaland County	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	5
Sweden	8	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5
Source: National Library of Sweden

Loans in the municipal library systems in 2015-2025. Index year 2015=100
Municipality/Region	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Ale	100	95	93	67	66	62	50	58	59	63	66
Alingsås	100	69	117	138	120	124	88	118	131	140	132
Bengtsfors	100	90	109	91	92	71	72	79	77	75	77
Bollebygd	100	98	100	96	103	96	89	85	88	82	77
Borås	100	83	72	69	66	62	54	58	58	58	48
Dals-Ed	100	96	92	70	65	57	64	72	73	60	62
Essunga	100	99	118	110	104	96	85	94	107	104	88
Falköping	100	103	67	66	69	63	55	63	66	61	49
Färgelanda	100	98	112	99	117	68	67	71	73	67	78
Grästorp	100	88	73	83	78	75	98	89	81	84	77
Gullspång	100	99	69	62	70	65	52	75	76	74	74
Göteborg	100	96	122	117	119	112	103	106	107	104	104
Götene	100	121	95	81	78	80	79	80	78	76	74
Herrljunga	100	101	84	83	85	80	77	86	81	81	87
Hjo	100	78	83	90	92	72	83	91	101	97	98
Härryda	100	43	86	83	81	78	71	71	72	70	69
Karlsborg	100	192	88	100	109	107	103	109	113	113	112
Kungälv	100	80	97	105	116	90	70	81	85	70	90
Lerum	100	76	106	99	100	91	96	108	103	68	98
Lidköping	100	115	101	96	95	87	72	84	85	114	90
Lilla Edet	100	173	74	67	76	59	51	61	60	159	63
Lysekil	100	53	88	82	85	67	60	77	48	56	90
Mariestad	100	87	78	78	87	87	77	111	102	79	88
Mark	100	69	106	103	95	88	66	77	77	82	68
Mellerud	100	76	68	61	66	57	61	74	69	68	44
Munkedal	100	70	..	75	59	48	43	51	52	57	54
Mölndal	100	172	..	137	132	149	135	135	143	138	141
Orust	100	73	112	151	135	105	94	108	91	92	94
Partille	100	146	111	111	96	105	105	95	108	115	123
Skara	100	116	108	97	88	83	76	77	81	84	82
Skövde	100	68	62	58	61	62	56	59	63	67	68
Sotenäs	100	52	48	52	55	54	49	56	54	56	60
Stenungsund	100	107	108	98	86	75	80	94	94	93	76
Strömstad	100	92	86	87	89	90	99	88	73	69	66
Svenljunga	100	68	58	53	43	39	32	41	39	46	45
Tanum	100	79	76	82	112	85	61	75	96	91	81
Tibro	100	100	97	98	103	107	121	120	140	148	0
Tidaholm	100	104	89	89	87	85	79	78	80	81	71
Tjörn	100	90	95	58	73	69	47	43	45	58	61
Tranemo	100	97	92	86	78	57	58	71	71	67	68
Trollhättan	100	86	84	97	74	64	56	65	70	71	70
Töreboda	100	112	104	79	82	80	79	80	77	77	72
Uddevalla	100	97	92	91	92	74	70	77	74	84	70
Ulricehamn	100	101	95	92	86	77	70	75	77	77	60
Vara	100	102	98	88	99	99	91	96	104	104	107
Vårgårda	100	91	79	72	77	61	53	62	62	66	67
Vänersborg	100	97	81	77	75	60	49	42	71	66	67
Åmål	100	101	97	87	85	73	60	74	88	99	95
Öckerö	100	96	77	76	69	63	55	63	64	65	66
Västra Götaland County	100	91	87	84	83	77	70	75	77	77	74
Sweden	..	100	93	90	90	82	71	79	81	82	82
Source: National Library of Sweden