Education, Culture and Sports in Lithuania
(edition 2021)

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

 

 

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Newspapers

Total

93,162

84,409

79,304

72,924

63,781

Lithuanian

84,787

75,945

71,313

65,213

56,671

Lithuanian language (originals)

...

...

...

...

x

Lithuanian language (translations)

...

...

...

...

x

English

-

-

-

-

-

Polish

912

909

925

902

592

Russian

7,463

7,555

7,066

6,341

5,971

Other languages

-

-

-

468

547

Magazines

Total

50,080

46,399

42,746

42,201

38,757

Lithuanian

49,580

45,836

41,620

40,747

37,676

Lithuanian language (originals)

...

...

...

...

x

Lithuanian language (translations)

...

...

...

...

x

English

180

119

251

274

54

Polish

58

82

183

60

25

Russian

6

5

4

4

2

Other languages

256

357

688

1,116

1,000

Books and brochures

Total

4,577.1

4,581.1

4,723.4

4,803.8

4,825.8

Lithuanian

4,475.6

4,448.6

4,611.5

4,601.9

4,696.1

Lithuanian language (originals)

2,304.2

2,303.3

2,621.5

2,321.7

2,272.9

Lithuanian language (translations)

2,171.4

2,145.3

1,990.0

2,280.2

2,423.2

English

36.3

48.6

58.8

90.5

53.1

Polish

15.4

10.7

11.3

10.7

11.5

Russian

23.7

27.5

19.3

24.2

31.2

Other languages

26.1

45.7

22.5

76.5

33.9

… Data not available, although the phenomenon existed.

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

 

Fiction of the world’s nations most often is translated and published in the Lithuanian language, however, even one of the smallest ethnic minorities in Lithuania, the Roma people, would find what to read in its own language: in 2014, a book from Latvian and a book from Macedonian literature were translated into the Romani language.

 

Fiction of the world’s nations¹

 

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Number of books

Circulation, mill. copies

Number of books

Circulation, mill. copies

Number of books

Circulation, mill. copies

Knygų skaičius

Tiražas, tūkst. egz.

Number of books

Circulation, mill. copies

Total

1,336

2,287.4

1,296

2,228.2

1,233

2,074.1

1,418

2,207.8

1,483

2,511.0

Algerian literature

-

-

1

1.5

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ancient Greek literature

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

1.0

Arabic literature

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

2.0

-

-

Argentinian literature

2

4.0

2

2.2

2

3.0

1

1.5

1

1.0

Armenian literature

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

0.5

Australian literature

22

63.4

24

63.1

23

56.2

26

55.8

14

33.1

Austrian literature

-

-

2

3.5

5

11.2

3

6.1

5

10.8

Azerbaijani literature

-

-

2

0.8

-

-

-

-

-

-

Belarusian literature

3

5.1

13

6.0

1

0.2

27

32.8

5

8.6

Belgian literature

-

-

1

1.0

2

6.0

1

1.5

1

0.0

Brazilian literature

4

12.0

2

3.7

1

2.0

3

8.5

2

4.5

Bulgarian literature

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

0.1

-

-

Canadian literature

15

32.0

9

19.0

10

23.9

14

30.1

11

28.1

Catalan literature

1

2.5

2

3.0

2

4.0

2

4.0

2

4.0

Chilean literature

2

8.2

1

1.5

2

5.5

-

-

3

5.6

Chinese literature

1

1.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

3.0

Columbian literature

2

3.5

5

11.5

1

2.0

1

1.8

1

1.0

Congo literature

-

-

1

1.2

-

-

-

-

-

-

Croatian literature

-

-

-

-

1

1.5

1

1.0

2

4.2

Cuban literature

1

1.5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Czech literature

2

2.8

3

4.5

2

2.8

2

1.2

7

12.5

Danish literature

2

4.5

9

18.6

4

8.0

2

2.7

8

17.4

Dutch literature

7

18.0

8

19.2

10

25.4

9

21.5

9

20.4

English literature

162

346.0

146

342.8

156

342.4

190

419.8

211

468.0

Estonian literature

2

2.5

4

1.9

2

1.3

1

0.3

6

6.1

Finnish literature

9

15.2

12

21.3

7

13.7

5

6.7

7

13.1

Flemish literature

-

-

1

1.0

-

-

-

-

1

0.2

French literature

37

71.3

36

86.9

34

77.3

37

78.7

37

85.5

German literature

35

60.9

30

56.7

27

60.7

22

45.1

33

70.1

Greek literature

-

-

1

1.5

1

1.5

2

1.9

3

3.5

Hebrew literature

1

1.2

2

2.7

4

6.0

4

4.9

-

-

Hungarian literature

1

1.3

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1.0

Icelandic literature

2

1.6

2

2.0

-

-

3

3.5

1

3.0

Yiddish literature

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

1.1

Indian literature

1

2.0

-

-

1

1.8

-

-

-

-

Indonesian literature

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1.5

-

-

Irish literature

7

15.9

8

20.1

11

23.0

15

39.7

18

43.4

Italian literature

16

33.3

16

33.3

14

29.2

17

32.1

26

59.1

Japanese literature

6

15.5

2

8.0

1

4.5

4

8.5

2

8.0

Kazakh literature

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

Korean literature

1

1.0

1

1.5

-

-

2

4.3

2

3.3

Latin literature

3

2.2

-

-

-

-

1

0.5

1

0.5

Latvian literature

5

6.2

2

1.3

6

9.0

3

6.3

3

4.5

Lithuanian literature

609

789.1

586

774.0

606

752.8

665

757.1

670

853.4

Malaysian literature

-

-

-

-

1

2.5

-

-

1

2.0

Mexican literature

-

-

-

-

1

2.0

1

3.8

1

2.0

New Zealand literature

1

2.2

1

2.2

2

4.0

3

14.0

4

29.7

Nigerian literature

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

3.5

-

-

Norwegian literature

11

34.5

13

31.9

13

25.0

11

26.7

11

28.5

Paraguayan literature

1

0.8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Persian literature

1

0.5

1

2.0

1

0.4

1

1.7

1

0.4

Peruvian literature

1

1.5

1

1.5

-

-

-

-

-

-

Polish literature

9

9.7

15

16.8

17

25.6

29

30.5

38

53.86

Portuguese literature

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

2.7

Romani literature

1

0.2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Romanian literature

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Russian literature

28

35.1

33

24.1

29

24.0

57

27.6

57

41.1

Sakartvelian literature

3

4.0

-

-

2

-

1

1.0

1

0.5

Sanskrit literature

-

-

1

0.2

-

-

1

3.0

-

-

Scottish literature

5

10.3

4

8.0

1

2.2

6

9.2

5

10.1

Serbian literature

-

-

2

1.5

-

-

-

-

2

3.0

Slovak literature

-

-

-

-

1

2.0

1

0.2

1

2.0

Slovenian literature

1

3.0

-

-

4

8.0

1

1.0

-

-

South African literature

4

8.1

3

5.9

3

6.6

4

8.8

4

7.4

Spanish literature

7

12.9

3

6.3

7

13.5

7

11.8

8

21.0

Swedish literature

28

64.1

29

58.9

16

32.5

23

44.8

27

43.6

Swiss Literature

1

0.8

3

4.8

1

1.5

4

3.8

2

4.6

Turkish literature

2

5.5

4

8.2

1

2.5

-

-

2

5.5

Ukrainian literature

3

2.8

1

1.5

1

2.0

1

1.0

2

3.0

USA literature

221

461.6

218

471.1

172

371.8

163

355.1

179

384.4

Uzbek literature

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Venezuelan literature

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1.8

Literature of various countries

46

106.1

29

68.0

24

73.1

35

78.8

34

84.4

¹ Including fiction for children.

- Category not applicable.