Education and Culture in Lithuania
(edition 2023)

The press

 

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Book, magazine and newspaper publishing
Annual circulation of publications

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The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

Book, magazine and newspaper publishing by language
Annual circulation of publications, thous. copies

 

 

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Newspapers

Total

79,304

72,924

63,781

56,534

54,650

Lithuanian

71,313

65,213

56,671

50,962

49,151

Lithuanian language (originals)

...

...

x

x

x

Lithuanian language (translations)

...

...

x

x

x

English

-

-

-

-

-

Polish

925

902

592

570

551

Russian

7,066

6,341

5,971

4,441

4,360

Other languages

-

468

547

561

588

Magazines

Total

42,746

42,201

38,757

37,822

37,111

Lithuanian

41,620

40,747

37,676

36,896

36,092

Lithuanian language (originals)

...

...

x

x

x

Lithuanian language (translations)

...

...

x

x

x

English

251

274

54

7

7

Polish

183

60

25

34

20

Russian

4

4

2

1

2

Other languages

688

1,116

1,000

884

990

Books and brochures

Total

4,723

4,804

4,826

5,166

4,627

Lithuanian

4,612

4,602

4,696

5,054

4,532

Lithuanian language (originals)

2,622

2,322

2,273

2,114

1,844

Lithuanian language (translations)

1,990

2,280

2,423

2,940

2,689

English

59

91

53

47

42

Polish

11

11

12

16

4

Russian

19

24

31

29

26

Other languages

23

77

34

22

23

… Data not available, although the phenomenon existed.
× Indicator is not calculated in such expression.
- Category not applicable.

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

Fiction of the nations of the world is usually translated and published in Lithuanian. In 2022, our readers welcomed and were delighted by literature translated from the following rare world languages: one book each from Bengalia, Uruguay and 14 other countries.

 

Fiction of the world’s nations¹

 

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Number of books

Circulation, mill. copies

Number of books

Circulation, mill. copies

Number of books

Circulation, mill. copies

Number of books

Circulation, mill. copies

Number of books

Circulation, mill. copies

Total

1,233

2,074.1

1,418

2,207.8

1,483

2,511.0

1,801

3,132.2

1,608

2,597.1

Ancient Greek literature

-

-

-

-

2

1.0

1

0,5

1

0.0

Arabic literature

-

-

1

2.0

-

-

8

5.6

1

3.0

Argentinian literature

2

3.0

1

1.5

1

1.0

6

8.2

3

3.7

Armenian literature

-

-

-

-

1

0.5

1

0.5

-

-

Australian literature

23

56.2

26

55.8

14

33.1

23

54.2

25

56.5

Austrian literature

5

11.2

3

6.1

5

10.8

4

7.1

8

15.3

Belarusian literature

1

0.2

27

32.8

5

8.6

2

1.5

7

2.2

Belgian literature

2

6.0

1

1.5

1

0.0

2

3.0

2

5.0

Brazilian literature

1

2.0

3

8.5

2

4.5

1

2.0

2

5.5

Bulgarian literature

-

-

1

0.1

-

-

-

-

1

1.0

Canadian literature

10

23.9

14

30.1

11

28.1

14

29.4

15

28.9

Catalan literature

2

4.0

2

4.0

2

4.0

3

5.5

3

5.8

Chilean literature

2

5.5

-

-

3

5.6

3

3.5

3

4.7

Chinese literature

-

-

-

-

2

3.0

-

-

1

1.5

Columbian literature

1

2.0

1

1.8

1

1.0

-

-

-

-

Croatian literature

1

1.5

1

1.0

2

4.2

1

1.0

1

1.0

Czech literature

2

2.8

2

1.2

7

12.5

4

10.5

5

6.7

Danish literature

4

8.0

2

2.7

8

17.4

7

15.3

5

9.6

Dutch literature

10

25.4

9

21.5

9

20.4

5

9.8

3

6.0

English literature

156

342.4

190

419.8

211

468.0

248

600.2

203

467.5

Estonian literature

2

1.3

1

0.3

6

6.1

4

6.2

3

1.6

Finnish literature

7

13.7

5

6.7

7

13.1

14

29.3

10

17.9

Flemish literature

-

-

-

-

1

0.2

-

-

-

-

French literature

34

77.3

37

78.7

37

85.5

52

100.2

39

81.3

German literature

27

60.7

22

45.1

33

70.1

52

115.4

55

109.0

Greek literature

1

1.5

2

1.9

3

3.5

2

2.4

1

0.6

Hebrew literature

4

6.0

4

4.9

-

-

3

8.5

4

6.1

Hungarian literature

-

-

-

-

1

1.0

-

-

-

-

Icelandic literature

-

-

3

3.5

1

3.0

6

12.3

1

2.0

Yiddish literature

-

-

-

-

2

1.1

6

3.0

3

2.3

Indian literature

1

1.8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Indonesian literature

-

-

1

1.5

-

-

-

-

1

1.0

Irish literature

11

23.0

15

39.7

18

43.4

21

53.2

17

35.6

Italian literature

14

29.2

17

32.1

26

59.1

21

47,5

33

76.5

Japanese literature

1

4.5

4

8.5

2

8.0

9

27.4

8

15.1

Kazakh literature

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

3

0.0

Korean literature

-

-

2

4.3

2

3.3

2

2.2

2

5.5

Latin literature

-

-

1

0.5

1

0.5

1

1.2

2

1.0

Latvian literature

6

9.0

3

6.3

3

4.5

8

8.5

4

2.7

Lithuanian literature

606

752.8

665

757.1

670

853.4

784

935.5

711

717.5

Malaysian literature

1

2.5

-

-

1

2.0

1

1.8

-

-

Mexican literature

1

2.0

1

3.8

1

2.0

2

2.0

1

0.5

New Zealand literature

2

4.0

3

14.0

4

29.7

3

20

1

2.5

Nigerian literature

-

-

2

3.5

-

-

1

1.8

2

3,1

Norwegian literature

13

25.0

11

26.7

11

28.5

32

74.9

6

18.8

Persian literature

1

0.4

1

1.7

1

0.4

-

-

2

3.7

Peruvian literature

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1.7

-

-

Polish literature

17

25.6

29

30.5

38

53.86

34

30.8

35

43.0

Portuguese literature

-

-

-

-

2

2.7

4

4.7

1

1.5

Russian literature

29

24.0

57

27.6

57

41.1

39

25.7

26

16.3

Sakartvelian literature

2

-

1

1.0

1

0.5

-

-

1

2.5

Sanskrit literature

-

-

1

3.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

Scottish literature

1

2.2

6

9.2

5

10.1

5

7.7

2

3.1

Serbian literature

-

-

-

-

2

3.0

1

1.5

-

-

Slovak literature

1

2.0

1

0.2

1

2.0

-

-

-

-

Slovenian literature

4

8.0

1

1.0

-

-

2

2.8

1

0.8

South African literature

3

6.6

4

8.8

4

7.4

2

4.3

-

-

Spanish literature

7

13.5

7

11.8

8

21.0

11

26.1

14

30.0

Swedish literature

16

32.5

23

44.8

27

43.6

38

69.2

24

46.9

Swiss Literature

1

1.5

4

3.8

2

4.6

3

7.9

2

3.0

Turkish literature

1

2.5

-

-

2

5.5

1

2.5

1

2.5

Ukrainian literature

1

2.0

1

1.0

2

3.0

4

5.4

7

11.2

USA literature

172

371.8

163

355.1

179

384.4

263

652.1

262

618.8

Venezuelan literature

-

-

-

-

1

1.8

-

-

-

-

Literature of various countries

24

73.1

35

78.8

34

84.4

33

76.7

32

86.8

¹ Including fiction for children.
- Category not applicable.