Education, Culture and Sports in Lithuania
(edition 2021)
The press
Photo by John-Mark Smith
Book, magazine and newspaper publishing
Annual circulation of publications
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 |
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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.