Number of libraries
Number of libraries
Libraries
|
1970
|
1974
|
1982
|
1988
|
1989
|
1990
|
1991
|
1992
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Municipal* public libraries
|
5,293
|
5,111
|
4,842
|
4,410
|
4,284
|
4,179
|
4,008
|
3,870
|
3,794
|
3,723
|
3,648
|
Workplace public libraries
|
3,958
|
3,185
|
5,430
|
4,321
|
3,931
|
3,171
|
2,577
|
1,978
|
1,470
|
1,004
|
820
|
Special libraries
|
1,935
|
1,833
|
860**
|
no data
|
no data
|
no data
|
no data
|
no data
|
no data
|
no data
|
no data
|
Elementary and high-school libraries
|
6,027***
|
5,089
|
3,781
|
3,931
|
3,869
|
3,882
|
3,924
|
3,792
|
3,846
|
3,793
|
3,783
|
*Formerly council libraries. ** Libraries functioning only with full-time librarian. *** Without data of vocational schools.
Source: Central Bureau of Statistics
