The Cities Where Libraries Are Thriving

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Where do libraries loan out the most books? Interestingly, there are actually statistics about the number of books loaned every year in major cities around the world. They are compiled by the World Cities Culture Forum and the following infographic provides an overview of the cities loaning out the most books. The Tokyo Metropolitan Library reported that readers in the Japanese capital checked out nearly 112 million books in 2017. Shanghai had the second highest volume with 86 million books (in 2016).

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This chart shows the number of book loans by public libraries per year.

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Average number of books borrowed per person in Finland 2013-2023

Share of people borrowing books Finland 2013-2023

Most borrowed books in libraries in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016

Loans per full-time staff member in public libraries Australia FY 2010-2020

Number of books borrowed from the library annually in the Netherlands 2019

Distribution of the number of read borrowed books in the Netherlands 2019

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