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of territorial units
Number of service units
Budapest capital, regiona 79 112 75 71 68 67 63 63 63 75 73 70 71 69 .. 61 56 56 59 54 59 58 59 56
Pest county, regionb 198 189 200 221 230 218 195 205 189 187 191 188 187 183 .. 202 201 202 189 185 185 188 192 189
Central Hungary large regionc 277 301 275 292 298 285 258 268 252 262 264 258 258 252 .. 263 257 258 248 239 244 246 251 245
Fejér county 120 145 124 124 121 119 114 113 109 110 112 109 109 116 .. 121 120 120 119 117 118 119 119 111
Komárom-Esztergom county 87 126 86 103 104 103 62 64 85 87 87 85 85 87 .. 87 87 86 91 81 81 82 82 80
Veszprém county 251 246 235 238 233 233 218 233 244 243 241 242 240 238 .. 237 242 239 235 225 224 225 224 225
Central Transdanubia region 458 517 445 465 458 455 394 410 438 440 440 436 434 441 .. 445 449 445 445 423 423 426 425 416
Győr-Moson-Sopron county 188 197 205 202 195 198 188 105 199 219 218 220 194 193 .. 192 193 193 193 188 183 189 192 191
Vas county 203 232 203 196 202 206 48 233 233 236 224 228 227 229 .. 236 235 232 225 229 221 216 217 218
Zala county 243 243 242 239 235 236 108 236 270 274 273 274 275 277 .. 275 274 276 272 270 270 270 270 268
Western Transdanubia region 634 672 650 637 632 640 344 574 702 729 715 722 696 699 .. 703 702 701 690 687 674 675 679 677
Baranya county 166 231 203 186 185 243 117 77 250 249 251 292 292 311 .. 317 315 316 312 311 308 309 309 308
Somogy county 230 232 233 234 240 231 182 245 247 249 264 248 247 247 .. 357 258 254 251 250 250 250 250 252
Tolna county 116 114 118 118 119 112 111 37 117 119 117 117 116 119 .. 119 125 125 118 113 113 112 112 112
Southern Transdanubia region 512 577 554 538 544 586 410 359 614 617 632 657 655 677 .. 793 698 695 681 674 671 671 671 672
Transdanubia large region 1,604 1,766 1,649 1,640 1,634 1,681 1,148 1,343 1,754 1,786 1,787 1,815 1,785 1,817 .. 1,941 1,849 1,841 1,816 1,784 1,768 1,772 1,775 1,765
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county 230 239 235 229 241 258 209 372 336 442 373 360 359 397 .. 377 381 380 373 371 363 363 352 365
Heves county 125 122 127 132 121 122 115 120 122 173 176 186 125 194 .. 209 219 130 223 126 126 124 126 126
Nógrád county 120 124 120 120 121 120 116 126 102 122 124 125 127 133 .. 140 139 134 131 133 132 133 131 133
Northern Hungary region 475 485 482 481 483 500 440 618 560 737 673 671 611 724 .. 726 739 644 727 630 621 620 609 624
Hajdú-Bihar county 112 116 111 110 108 110 108 106 102 113 102 101 100 100 .. 102 101 101 99 97 96 94 90 92
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county 113 138 113 110 108 106 107 107 117 141 127 131 98 98 .. 103 100 98 94 88 89 88 88 89
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county 215 261 232 228 218 217 207 191 212 207 211 206 194 194 .. 232 232 212 239 228 230 228 231 227
Northern Great Plain region 440 515 456 448 434 433 422 404 431 461 440 438 392 392 .. 437 433 411 432 413 415 410 409 408
Bács-Kiskun county 137 134 136 138 141 143 121 128 122 122 124 125 124 130 .. 131 131 130 127 129 130 129 129 128
Békés county 87 103 93 103 99 87 82 79 81 85 87 94 85 82 .. 81 82 82 76 82 82 82 82 82
Csongrád-Csanád county 112 126 109 107 103 101 103 125 127 134 99 100 100 125 .. 92 83 84 73 73 75 76 76 76
Southern Great Plain region 336 363 338 348 343 331 306 332 330 341 310 319 309 337 .. 304 296 296 276 284 287 287 287 286
Great Plain and North large region 1,251 1,363 1,276 1,277 1,260 1,264 1,168 1,354 1,321 1,539 1,423 1,428 1,312 1,453 .. 1,467 1,468 1,351 1,435 1,327 1,323 1,317 1,305 1,318
Total country 3,132 3,430 3,200 3,209 3,192 3,230 2,574 2,965 3,327 3,587 3,474 3,501 3,355 3,522 .. 3,671 3,574 3,450 3,499 3,350 3,335 3,335 3,331 3,328
Library units, thousand
Budapest capital, regiona 3,978 4,325 3,857 3,760 3,713 3,631 3,462 3,493 3,514 3,499 3,456 3,483 3,490 3,478 3,476 3,453 4,934 3,583 3,736 3,395 3,634 2,946 3,497 3,270
Pest county, regionb 3,752 3,753 3,855 3,987 3,941 3,998 4,007 3,813 4,023 4,040 4,036 4,072 4,052 4,088 4,142 4,211 4,197 4,189 4,141 4,055 4,027 4,046 4,125 3,906
Central Hungary large regionc 7,730 8,078 7,712 7,747 7,654 7,629 7,469 7,306 7,537 7,539 7,492 7,555 7,542 7,566 7,618 7,664 9,131 7,772 7,877 7,450 7,661 6,991 7,622 7,176
Fejér county 1,788 2,061 1,895 1,914 1,916 1,917 1,962 1,944 1,982 2,034 2,044 2,064 2,041 2,017 2,044 2,027 1,979 1,935 1,926 1,854 1,800 2,084 2,063 1,917
Komárom-Esztergom county 1,510 1,624 1,526 1,550 1,569 1,571 1,524 1,585 1,611 1,610 1,588 1,588 1,541 1,533 1,552 1,510 1,437 1,377 1,462 1,353 1,689 1,796 1,799 1,365
Veszprém county 2,328 2,142 2,287 2,292 2,309 2,323 2,358 2,242 2,072 2,299 2,281 2,283 2,383 2,395 2,249 2,216 2,160 2,067 1,978 1,973 2,092 2,029 1,917 1,783
Central Transdanubia region 5,627 5,827 5,708 5,756 5,794 5,811 5,845 5,771 5,665 5,942 5,913 5,935 5,965 5,945 5,845 5,753 5,576 5,379 5,366 5,179 5,581 5,909 5,779 5,065
Győr-Moson-Sopron county 1,910 2,113 2,138 2,176 2,123 2,120 2,026 1,691 2,110 2,068 2,222 2,146 2,169 2,015 1,926 1,881 1,842 1,745 1,719 1,676 1,285 2,413 2,414 1,823
Vas county 1,513 1,618 1,539 1,540 1,540 1,550 1,410 1,408 1,357 1,229 1,282 1,379 1,385 1,250 1,285 1,300 1,363 1,308 1,329 1,344 1,817 1,811 1,781 1,449
Zala county 1,991 1,999 2,016 2,014 2,019 2,023 1,366 1,663 1,709 1,973 1,978 1,970 1,953 1,936 1,942 1,922 1,822 1,818 1,785 1,719 2,228 2,020 2,014 1,659
Western Transdanubia region 5,414 5,730 5,693 5,730 5,682 5,693 4,802 4,762 5,176 5,270 5,482 5,495 5,507 5,201 5,153 5,103 5,027 4,871 4,833 4,739 5,331 6,245 6,208 4,931
Baranya county 2,082 2,290 2,166 2,174 2,185 2,131 1,842 1,765 2,055 1,974 1,939 1,962 1,969 1,988 2,044 2,030 2,024 2,001 1,980 1,964 2,236 2,433 2,367 2,006
Somogy county 2,098 2,145 2,167 2,150 2,188 2,195 2,398 1,780 2,212 2,205 2,207 2,165 2,103 2,100 2,064 2,063 2,049 2,013 1,973 1,957 2,810 2,146 2,158 1,882
Tolna county 1,458 1,508 1,528 1,485 1,521 1,498 1,426 1,387 1,001 1,358 1,325 1,293 1,318 1,257 1,315 1,292 1,298 1,278 1,272 1,225 1,277 1,306 1,298 1,176
Southern Transdanubia region 5,638 5,943 5,861 5,809 5,894 5,824 5,666 4,933 5,268 5,536 5,471 5,420 5,390 5,345 5,423 5,385 5,371 5,292 5,225 5,146 6,323 5,885 5,822 5,064
Transdanubia large region 16,679 17,500 17,262 17,295 17,370 17,328 16,312 15,466 16,109 16,748 16,865 16,850 16,862 16,491 16,422 16,241 15,974 15,542 15,424 15,064 17,235 18,038 17,809 15,060
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county 3,347 3,428 3,445 3,484 3,543 3,550 3,069 2,933 3,247 3,339 3,376 3,444 3,437 3,541 3,718 3,737 3,711 3,599 3,592 3,485 3,328 3,710 3,553 2,965
Heves county 1,516 1,494 1,525 1,545 1,541 1,532 1,404 1,325 1,496 1,458 1,449 1,456 1,461 1,443 1,414 1,427 1,406 1,367 1,359 1,313 1,389 1,447 1,461 1,320
Nógrád county 1,220 1,265 1,226 1,247 1,228 1,242 1,233 1,098 1,030 1,253 1,214 1,203 1,218 1,261 1,368 1,377 1,370 1,347 1,363 1,293 1,360 1,389 1,351 1,074
Northern Hungary region 6,083 6,187 6,196 6,276 6,312 6,324 5,706 5,356 5,773 6,050 6,039 6,103 6,116 6,245 6,499 6,541 6,487 6,313 6,314 6,092 6,077 6,546 6,365 5,360
Hajdú-Bihar county 1,837 1,903 1,879 1,885 1,880 1,891 1,868 1,906 1,898 1,913 1,897 1,901 1,906 1,925 1,911 1,891 1,873 1,836 1,814 1,748 1,837 1,777 1,798 1,676
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county 2,507 2,670 2,542 2,544 2,531 2,529 2,508 2,525 2,463 2,477 2,460 2,394 2,385 2,364 2,508 2,418 2,213 2,113 2,056 2,045 1,931 2,074 2,016 1,899
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county 2,510 2,553 2,680 2,636 2,636 2,644 2,381 2,443 2,413 2,660 2,645 2,619 2,559 2,607 3,044 3,104 3,381 3,187 2,998 2,239 2,965 2,830 2,868 2,403
Northern Great Plain region 6,855 7,126 7,101 7,065 7,047 7,064 6,757 6,873 6,774 7,050 7,002 6,914 6,850 6,896 7,464 7,413 7,467 7,136 6,868 6,032 6,733 6,681 6,682 5,977
Bács-Kiskun county 2,651 2,670 2,680 2,684 2,711 2,731 2,717 2,750 2,699 2,692 2,636 2,632 2,611 2,489 2,431 2,419 2,374 2,326 2,303 2,266 2,227 2,790 2,783 2,055
Békés county 1,753 1,793 1,780 1,773 1,757 1,754 1,728 1,711 1,546 1,658 1,678 1,650 1,672 1,766 1,598 1,588 1,592 1,562 1,481 1,471 1,607 1,642 1,498 1,439
Csongrád-Csanád county 2,156 2,263 2,176 2,191 2,207 2,218 2,213 2,215 2,183 2,208 2,093 2,108 2,076 2,202 2,180 2,190 2,104 2,086 2,077 2,056 2,227 2,324 2,352 2,134
Southern Great Plain region 6,559 6,726 6,636 6,648 6,675 6,703 6,658 6,676 6,428 6,558 6,407 6,390 6,359 6,457 6,209 6,197 6,070 5,974 5,861 5,794 6,061 6,756 6,633 5,628
Great Plain and North large region 19,497 20,039 19,933 19,989 20,034 20,091 19,121 18,905 18,975 19,659 19,448 19,406 19,325 19,598 20,172 20,151 20,024 19,423 19,044 17,917 18,872 19,983 19,679 16,964
Total country 43,906 45,617 44,907 45,031 45,058 45,048 42,902 41,677 42,621 43,946 43,806 43,811 43,729 43,656 44,211 44,056 45,129 42,737 42,345 40,432 43,768 45,013 45,110 39,201
Number of library units lent, thousands
Budapest capital, regiona 6,165 6,584 6,597 6,357 5,707 4,975 4,819 4,652 4,722 4,944 4,762 4,605 4,394 4,301 4,193 3,930 3,745 3,749 3,533 3,973 2,015 2,105 3,106 3,292
Pest county, regionb 3,089 3,162 3,393 3,539 3,468 3,474 3,193 2,800 2,593 2,593 2,692 2,687 2,716 2,603 2,578 2,677 2,584 2,525 2,456 2,468 1,535 1,391 1,929 2,009
Central Hungary large regionc 9,254 9,746 9,990 9,896 9,175 8,449 8,013 7,452 7,315 7,537 7,454 7,292 7,110 6,904 6,771 6,607 6,329 6,274 5,988 6,441 3,550 3,496 5,036 5,302
Fejér county 1,357 1,527 1,398 1,404 1,376 1,330 1,321 1,159 1,095 1,116 1,108 1,019 957 900 888 889 875 837 803 781 446 432 594 603
Komárom-Esztergom county 844 900 814 751 716 701 676 589 562 617 614 603 593 554 547 541 525 496 461 413 274 302 425 466
Veszprém county 1,342 1,284 1,292 1,223 1,185 1,092 1,105 996 985 1,002 1,014 1,024 959 795 857 864 841 843 736 663 398 421 471 503
Central Transdanubia region 3,543 3,711 3,504 3,378 3,277 3,123 3,103 2,744 2,642 2,735 2,736 2,646 2,509 2,249 2,292 2,294 2,241 2,176 2,001 1,857 1,118 1,155 1,490 1,572
Győr-Moson-Sopron county 1,275 1,222 1,235 1,180 1,190 1,205 1,168 1,021 1,058 1,097 1,104 1,239 1,102 983 905 919 868 845 814 776 461 454 524 561
Vas county 1,022 995 942 1,008 1,036 1,054 1,132 1,044 930 1,000 1,020 998 988 955 958 964 954 910 910 867 581 636 772 766
Zala county 1,063 1,012 1,032 998 1,035 981 934 913 909 975 983 892 860 855 883 823 759 739 683 664 348 350 472 459
Western Transdanubia region 3,360 3,229 3,209 3,186 3,261 3,240 3,234 2,977 2,897 3,072 3,107 3,129 2,950 2,793 2,746 2,706 2,581 2,494 2,407 2,307 1,389 1,440 1,768 1,787
Baranya county 1,245 1,349 1,270 1,231 1,137 1,111 1,136 1,101 1,027 1,053 784 825 822 784 769 759 760 786 668 575 292 291 381 378
Somogy county 1,289 1,295 1,324 1,214 1,173 1,201 1,221 1,101 973 1,011 983 878 854 811 741 708 697 633 592 614 410 341 453 467
Tolna county 687 662 651 644 653 654 555 519 373 491 495 516 473 452 417 408 417 390 467 356 258 268 281 240
Southern Transdanubia region 3,221 3,306 3,245 3,089 2,963 2,966 2,912 2,722 2,373 2,556 2,262 2,219 2,149 2,047 1,927 1,875 1,874 1,809 1,727 1,545 960 900 1,115 1,085
Transdanubia large region 10,124 10,246 9,958 9,653 9,501 9,329 9,248 8,444 7,912 8,363 8,105 7,995 7,608 7,089 6,965 6,875 6,696 6,479 6,135 5,709 3,467 3,495 4,373 4,444
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county 2,640 2,466 2,438 2,354 2,237 2,265 2,475 2,138 2,069 2,149 1,993 2,015 1,748 1,620 1,824 1,863 1,838 1,747 1,729 1,770 883 875 1,050 1,002
Heves county 1,098 1,090 1,097 1,081 1,057 983 963 775 797 763 783 812 709 722 620 571 540 487 486 407 241 284 321 394
Nógrád county 593 565 583 558 523 497 439 373 384 420 387 386 396 376 380 347 297 300 270 248 129 111 160 167
Northern Hungary region 4,331 4,121 4,118 3,993 3,817 3,745 3,877 3,286 3,250 3,331 3,163 3,213 2,853 2,718 2,825 2,781 2,675 2,534 2,485 2,426 1,253 1,270 1,530 1,563
Hajdú-Bihar county 2,156 2,067 2,032 1,915 1,843 1,757 1,669 1,592 1,646 1,618 1,639 1,615 1,556 1,477 1,421 1,397 1,344 1,148 978 946 485 500 668 738
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county 1,908 1,963 1,814 1,788 1,769 1,675 1,456 1,372 1,327 1,343 1,347 1,326 1,250 1,125 1,153 1,030 1,023 931 828 799 413 399 512 507
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county 1,810 2,093 1,757 1,617 1,463 1,422 1,434 1,324 1,205 1,244 1,261 1,228 1,049 980 1,056 1,029 834 885 824 900 427 634 694 729
Northern Great Plain region 5,874 6,123 5,603 5,320 5,075 4,854 4,559 4,288 4,178 4,205 4,247 4,169 3,855 3,582 3,630 3,456 3,201 2,964 2,630 2,645 1,326 1,533 1,874 1,974
Bács-Kiskun county 1,747 1,705 1,809 1,751 1,664 1,673 1,605 1,399 1,412 1,455 1,475 1,434 1,199 1,250 1,245 1,210 1,198 1,134 1,090 1,055 546 568 694 678
Békés county 1,492 1,525 1,403 1,316 1,301 1,284 1,193 986 965 847 858 908 854 728 663 667 658 598 555 552 274 257 336 350
Csongrád-Csanád county 1,672 1,555 1,509 1,627 1,549 1,421 1,339 1,313 1,228 1,205 1,225 1,189 1,118 1,098 1,023 935 1,096 1,013 963 941 595 579 739 699
Southern Great Plain region 4,911 4,785 4,721 4,694 4,514 4,378 4,137 3,698 3,605 3,508 3,558 3,531 3,171 3,076 2,932 2,812 2,952 2,745 2,608 2,547 1,415 1,404 1,770 1,727
Great Plain and North large region 15,116 15,029 14,442 14,007 13,406 12,977 12,574 11,273 11,033 11,044 10,968 10,913 9,879 9,376 9,387 9,049 8,828 8,243 7,723 7,618 3,993 4,207 5,174 5,264
Total country 34,494 35,021 34,390 33,556 32,082 30,755 29,835 27,168 26,260 26,943 26,527 26,199 24,597 23,369 23,123 22,531 21,853 20,996 19,847 19,768 11,010 11,198 14,583 15,009
Library units lent per thousand inhabitants
Budapest capital, regiona 3,473 3,764 3,814 3,712 3,354 2,933 2,840 2,738 2,766 2,880 2,756 2,650 2,541 2,483 2,413 2,259 2,160 2,172 2,051 2,310 1,183 1,252 1,858 1,961
Pest county, regionb 2,907 2,926 3,092 3,174 3,058 3,016 2,736 2,361 2,153 2,123 2,182 2,163 2,235 2,139 2,114 2,185 2,093 2,024 1,945 1,930 1,186 1,063 1,459 1,510
Central Hungary large regionc 3,261 3,444 3,534 3,500 3,236 2,967 2,798 2,583 2,513 2,565 2,517 2,447 2,415 2,341 2,290 2,228 2,132 2,110 2,006 2,148 1,184 1,169 1,682 1,762
Fejér county 3,177 3,563 3,261 3,277 3,210 3,100 3,084 2,704 2,556 2,608 2,596 2,392 2,270 2,142 2,122 2,127 2,097 2,010 1,926 1,869 1,066 1,033 1,419 1,438
Komárom-Esztergom county 2,664 2,839 2,573 2,379 2,268 2,225 2,147 1,871 1,787 1,969 1,968 1,939 1,955 1,834 1,818 1,804 1,754 1,657 1,535 1,368 906 1,001 1,410 1,544
Veszprém county 3,568 3,423 3,490 3,313 3,224 2,984 3,033 2,746 2,729 2,785 2,835 2,876 2,716 2,271 2,464 2,501 2,449 2,465 2,157 1,941 1,165 1,237 1,390 1,493
Central Transdanubia region 3,163 3,311 3,142 3,034 2,947 2,814 2,801 2,481 2,393 2,484 2,495 2,421 2,328 2,097 2,148 2,157 2,114 2,057 1,890 1,749 1,052 1,089 1,407 1,486
Győr-Moson-Sopron county 2,938 2,811 2,812 2,684 2,704 2,739 2,642 2,301 2,374 2,451 2,458 2,747 2,472 2,200 2,023 2,050 1,932 1,873 1,789 1,687 991 971 1,115 1,189
Vas county 3,792 3,701 3,515 3,777 3,898 3,977 4,292 3,977 3,558 3,843 3,945 3,883 3,868 3,762 3,795 3,836 3,811 3,644 3,648 3,473 2,329 2,556 3,096 3,075
Zala county 3,533 3,376 3,457 3,357 3,497 3,337 3,178 3,119 3,124 3,369 3,415 3,119 3,046 3,052 3,181 2,993 2,785 2,735 2,549 2,497 1,318 1,331 1,801 1,761
Western Transdanubia region 3,346 3,218 3,191 3,174 3,255 3,243 3,235 2,981 2,903 3,081 3,121 3,148 2,999 2,847 2,809 2,777 2,655 2,568 2,475 2,365 1,420 1,470 1,802 1,819
Baranya county 3,046 3,313 3,132 3,051 2,833 2,784 2,853 2,771 2,595 2,671 1,997 2,115 2,168 2,084 2,058 2,044 2,060 2,142 1,832 1,586 809 811 1,069 1,068
Somogy county 3,811 3,839 3,938 3,625 3,523 3,628 3,711 3,371 3,007 3,146 3,079 2,770 2,689 2,565 2,369 2,289 2,276 2,087 1,970 2,059 1,376 1,148 1,531 1,588
Tolna county 2,729 2,638 2,607 2,595 2,651 2,680 2,292 2,166 1,573 2,093 2,130 2,243 2,051 1,978 1,844 1,824 1,883 1,779 2,152 1,656 1,211 1,273 1,348 1,156
Southern Transdanubia region 3,225 3,321 3,273 3,131 3,022 3,045 3,004 2,824 2,481 2,689 2,395 2,368 2,317 2,223 2,111 2,074 2,090 2,034 1,958 1,764 1,101 1,039 1,295 1,268
Transdanubia large region 3,242 3,284 3,200 3,110 3,071 3,026 3,006 2,752 2,587 2,743 2,669 2,644 2,545 2,384 2,355 2,337 2,286 2,220 2,106 1,960 1,190 1,203 1,507 1,534
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county 3,500 3,282 3,265 3,175 3,044 3,107 3,426 2,993 2,933 3,083 2,894 2,959 2,549 2,385 2,713 2,800 2,788 2,673 2,669 2,756 1,384 1,384 1,675 1,614
Heves county 3,349 3,331 3,366 3,332 3,270 3,053 3,007 2,437 2,525 2,437 2,528 2,645 2,305 2,371 2,055 1,907 1,818 1,650 1,653 1,393 828 982 1,114 1,375
Nógrád county 2,674 2,555 2,650 2,550 2,407 2,301 2,054 1,763 1,838 2,035 1,902 1,930 1,965 1,890 1,938 1,794 1,551 1,581 1,436 1,331 697 600 873 921
Northern Hungary region 3,321 3,171 3,186 3,109 2,992 2,956 3,086 2,641 2,642 2,739 2,632 2,705 2,388 2,298 2,414 2,401 2,331 2,226 2,200 2,164 1,124 1,148 1,394 1,435
Hajdú-Bihar county 3,897 3,739 3,680 3,475 3,352 3,200 3,055 2,923 3,031 2,987 3,032 2,996 2,870 2,736 2,645 2,613 2,527 2,168 1,856 1,803 926 956 1,281 1,417
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county 4,533 4,679 4,346 4,312 4,294 4,095 3,590 3,418 2,336 3,418 3,465 3,444 3,220 2,925 3,027 2,731 2,736 2,508 2,243 2,178 1,137 1,108 1,432 1,429
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county 3,069 3,554 2,993 2,765 2,511 2,452 2,484 2,309 3,035 2,210 2,260 2,217 1,861 1,749 1,891 1,844 1,497 1,598 1,501 1,656 791 1,185 1,309 1,386
Northern Great Plain region 3,756 3,921 3,599 3,431 3,286 3,156 2,981 2,822 2,770 2,808 2,856 2,821 2,580 2,413 2,458 2,351 2,188 2,038 1,820 1,843 929 1,081 1,330 1,408
Bács-Kiskun county 3,189 3,117 3,319 3,226 3,076 3,104 2,989 2,616 2,654 2,748 2,801 2,742 2,303 2,414 2,421 2,367 2,358 2,245 2,169 2,106 1,095 1,144 1,403 1,376
Békés county 3,703 3,808 3,529 3,336 3,326 3,309 3,106 2,598 2,580 2,297 2,356 2,522 2,369 2,046 1,889 1,927 1,928 1,778 1,671 1,683 846 803 1,064 1,118
Csongrád-Csanád county 3,877 3,622 3,530 3,817 3,642 3,351 3,161 3,097 2,896 2,846 2,899 2,824 2,723 2,689 2,517 2,309 2,723 2,530 2,413 2,363 1,501 1,469 1,887 1,790
Southern Great Plain region 3,554 3,475 3,446 3,442 3,325 3,241 3,077 2,763 2,710 2,654 2,709 2,708 2,455 2,399 2,305 2,228 2,358 2,210 2,114 2,077 1,161 1,159 1,471 1,444
Great Plain and North large region 3,557 3,546 3,423 3,336 3,209 3,122 3,044 2,748 2,712 2,737 2,740 2,749 2,482 2,374 2,396 2,326 2,286 2,149 2,028 2,014 1,062 1,126 1,395 1,428
Total country 3,378 3,438 3,385 3,313 3,174 3,049 2,962 2,702 2,616 2,688 2,653 2,627 2,481 2,367 2,352 2,300 2,239 2,159 2,045 2,039 1,139 1,163 1,518 1,565
Number of registered readers in public libraries, thousand
Budapest capital, regiona 163 195 193 214 216 239 293 290 281 299 303 310 303 312 313 300 333 328 313 292 180 244 263 305
Pest county, regionb 127 126 134 146 140 142 144 137 134 137 145 146 147 144 144 144 145 148 142 136 111 100 112 122
Central Hungary large regionc 290 321 327 360 356 381 437 427 415 436 448 456 450 456 457 444 478 476 455 428 291 344 376 427
Fejér county 59 66 65 66 63 61 60 59 58 56 56 53 52 50 49 49 46 46 44 42 34 30 32 33
Komárom-Esztergom county 36 41 37 37 40 39 32 30 32 32 34 35 35 32 31 31 34 31 31 30 25 24 27 27
Veszprém county 70 67 66 66 63 59 62 54 56 62 63 66 62 56 61 62 62 61 64 62 44 43 44 49
Central Transdanubia region 165 174 168 169 166 159 154 143 146 151 153 154 149 138 141 142 142 138 139 135 102 97 103 110
Győr-Moson-Sopron county 55 53 55 58 56 59 56 52 71 81 86 63 62 55 52 51 51 49 48 47 36 35 34 35
Vas county 34 35 36 37 38 38 38 34 38 42 41 46 43 42 40 40 41 40 40 38 27 26 32 30
Zala county 52 52 52 53 52 50 42 41 48 51 46 52 51 51 49 49 48 47 46 40 33 30 32 32
Western Transdanubia region 141 140 143 148 146 147 136 127 157 173 173 161 156 148 142 140 140 136 134 124 96 92 98 98
Baranya county 51 56 53 55 52 48 43 40 47 50 44 53 53 52 53 52 51 50 47 46 40 41 40 38
Somogy county 54 56 58 63 60 59 53 46 51 55 52 50 50 47 46 47 46 46 45 45 37 35 29 31
Tolna county 34 34 35 34 36 35 33 25 20 30 30 29 31 30 28 27 26 24 23 23 19 17 18 18
Southern Transdanubia region 139 146 146 152 148 142 129 112 118 135 126 132 134 129 127 126 123 120 115 113 96 93 87 87
Transdanubia large region 445 460 457 469 460 448 419 382 421 459 452 447 439 415 409 408 405 394 388 372 294 282 288 295
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county 85 87 92 97 97 94 95 92 106 103 117 123 107 106 113 111 116 116 119 118 85 83 88 79
Heves county 46 46 48 50 50 46 47 37 41 40 47 49 49 53 54 56 59 56 58 51 40 37 38 40
Nógrád county 33 31 38 39 38 36 34 28 30 33 33 36 37 39 49 28 27 26 25 24 19 17 16 19
Northern Hungary region 164 164 178 186 185 176 176 158 177 177 197 208 193 198 217 195 202 198 202 193 144 137 142 138
Hajdú-Bihar county 89 83 82 81 78 77 75 73 72 74 78 73 69 66 67 69 66 60 54 52 44 38 41 40
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county 66 70 72 75 72 70 67 66 66 67 69 68 66 64 69 59 59 58 51 50 42 36 40 42
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county 81 88 84 88 76 71 79 73 68 72 74 73 68 67 69 67 68 68 67 70 61 63 63 58
Northern Great Plain region 236 241 238 244 226 218 221 212 206 213 221 214 203 197 205 195 193 186 173 173 147 137 143 140
Bács-Kiskun county 85 89 91 90 89 90 89 86 85 89 92 95 95 100 98 101 101 99 99 98 67 61 64 62
Békés county 68 70 68 70 68 70 63 56 49 58 57 58 58 55 56 55 51 52 49 44 41 33 34 35
Csongrád-Csanád county 69 71 66 68 68 71 84 83 77 76 73 84 82 85 84 84 84 77 74 72 54 59 49 47
Southern Great Plain region 222 230 225 228 225 231 236 225 211 223 222 237 235 240 239 240 236 228 222 214 162 154 147 144
Great Plain and North large region 622 635 641 658 636 625 633 595 594 613 639 658 631 635 661 630 631 612 597 579 452 429 432 422
Total country 1,357 1,416 1,425 1,487 1,452 1,454 1,489 1,404 1,430 1,509 1,540 1,561 1,520 1,506 1,527 1,482 1,514 1,482 1,440 1,379 1,037 1,054 1,096 1,143

Footnotes

*Data on operating libraries.
aPlanning and statistical region and capital according to the territorial code system in force since 1 January 2018, formerly capital.
bPlanning and statistical region and county according to the territorial code system in force since 1 January 2018, formerly county.
cStatistical large region according to the territorial code system in force since 1 January 2018, formerly planning and statistical region and statistical large region.
Source: Ministry of Culture and Innovation.

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