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CHART · #033

Countries With the Most Public Libraries per Person

2026-06-102 sources

Data table

#Countrypublic libraries per 1 million people
01Estonia67
02Czechia58.80
03Latvia40.50
04Belarus39.20
05Lithuania38
06Hungary30.50
07Georgia28
08Ukraine25
09Iceland20
10Finland14

This chart compares how many public libraries each country has relative to its population. A higher value means there are more libraries per person where people can borrow books, look up information, or study. However, this indicator does not show library size, collection size, visitor numbers, or opening hours.

Sources

  1. Data LabIFLA Library Map of the World
  2. About library dataIFLA Library Map of the World
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