20.12.2021 - New statistical information

Libraries in Switzerland and their use in 2020

The 1499 publicly accessible libraries that were surveyed in Switzerland in 2020 kept 67.4 million printed documents. They recorded 40.2 million loans of physical media and 8.6 million uses of e-books. Over 8500 employees and 1700 volunteers worked in these establishments.

Theme Culture, media, information society, sports

Attributed documents

https://www.bfs.admin.ch/content/bfs/en/home/statistics/catalogues-databases.gnpdetail.2021-0261.html