6.2.7.1. Public libraries (2000–)*(2/2)

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Name Level 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
of territorial units
Number of service unitsa
Budapest capital, regionb 73 70 71 69 .. 61 56 56 59 54
Pest county, regionc 191 188 187 183 .. 202 201 202 189 185
Central Hungary large regiond 264 258 258 252 .. 263 257 258 248 239
Fejér county 112 109 109 116 .. 121 120 120 119 117
Komárom-Esztergom county 87 85 85 87 .. 87 87 86 91 81
Veszprém county 241 242 240 238 .. 237 242 239 235 225
Central Transdanubia region 440 436 434 441 .. 445 449 445 445 423
Győr-Moson-Sopron county 218 220 194 193 .. 192 193 193 193 188
Vas county 224 228 227 229 .. 236 235 232 225 229
Zala county 273 274 275 277 .. 275 274 276 272 270
Western Transdanubia region 715 722 696 699 .. 703 702 701 690 687
Baranya county 251 292 292 311 .. 317 315 316 312 311
Somogy county 264 248 247 247 .. 357 258 254 251 250
Tolna county 117 117 116 119 .. 119 125 125 118 113
Southern Transdanubia region 632 657 655 677 .. 793 698 695 681 674
Transdanubia large region 1 787 1 815 1 785 1 817 .. 1 941 1 849 1 841 1 816 1 784
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county 373 360 359 397 .. 377 381 380 373 371
Heves county 176 186 125 194 .. 209 219 130 223 126
Nógrád county 124 125 127 133 .. 140 139 134 131 133
Northern Hungary region 673 671 611 724 .. 726 739 644 727 630
Hajdú-Bihar county 102 101 100 100 .. 102 101 101 99 97
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county 127 131 98 98 .. 103 100 98 94 88
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county 211 206 194 194 .. 232 232 212 239 228
Northern Great Plain region 440 438 392 392 .. 437 433 411 432 413
Bács-Kiskun county 124 125 124 130 .. 131 131 130 127 129
Békés county 87 94 85 82 .. 81 82 82 76 82
Csongrád-Csanád county 99 100 100 125 .. 92 83 84 73 73
Southern Great Plain region 310 319 309 337 .. 304 296 296 276 284
Great Plain and North large region 1 423 1 428 1 312 1 453 .. 1 467 1 468 1 351 1 435 1 327
Total country 3 474 3 501 3 355 3 522 .. 3 671 3 574 3 450 3 499 3 350
Library units, thousand
Budapest capital, regionb 3 456 3 483 3 490 3 478 3 476 3 453 4 934 3 583 3 736 3 395
Pest county, regionc 4 036 4 072 4 052 4 088 4 142 4 211 4 197 4 189 4 141 4 055
Central Hungary large regiond 7 492 7 555 7 542 7 566 7 618 7 664 9 131 7 772 7 877 7 450
Fejér county 2 044 2 064 2 041 2 017 2 044 2 027 1 979 1 935 1 926 1 854
Komárom-Esztergom county 1 588 1 588 1 541 1 533 1 552 1 510 1 437 1 377 1 462 1 353
Veszprém county 2 281 2 283 2 383 2 395 2 249 2 216 2 160 2 067 1 978 1 973
Central Transdanubia region 5 913 5 935 5 965 5 945 5 845 5 753 5 576 5 379 5 366 5 179
Győr-Moson-Sopron county 2 222 2 146 2 169 2 015 1 926 1 881 1 842 1 745 1 719 1 676
Vas county 1 282 1 379 1 385 1 250 1 285 1 300 1 363 1 308 1 329 1 344
Zala county 1 978 1 970 1 953 1 936 1 942 1 922 1 822 1 818 1 785 1 719
Western Transdanubia region 5 482 5 495 5 507 5 201 5 153 5 103 5 027 4 871 4 833 4 739
Baranya county 1 939 1 962 1 969 1 988 2 044 2 030 2 024 2 001 1 980 1 964
Somogy county 2 207 2 165 2 103 2 100 2 064 2 063 2 049 2 013 1 973 1 957
Tolna county 1 325 1 293 1 318 1 257 1 315 1 292 1 298 1 278 1 272 1 225
Southern Transdanubia region 5 471 5 420 5 390 5 345 5 423 5 385 5 371 5 292 5 225 5 146
Transdanubia large region 16 865 16 850 16 862 16 491 16 422 16 241 15 974 15 542 15 424 15 064
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county 3 376 3 444 3 437 3 541 3 718 3 737 3 711 3 599 3 592 3 485
Heves county 1 449 1 456 1 461 1 443 1 414 1 427 1 406 1 367 1 359 1 313
Nógrád county 1 214 1 203 1 218 1 261 1 368 1 377 1 370 1 347 1 363 1 293
Northern Hungary region 6 039 6 103 6 116 6 245 6 499 6 541 6 487 6 313 6 314 6 092
Hajdú-Bihar county 1 897 1 901 1 906 1 925 1 911 1 891 1 873 1 836 1 814 1 748
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county 2 460 2 394 2 385 2 364 2 508 2 418 2 213 2 113 2 056 2 045
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county 2 645 2 619 2 559 2 607 3 044 3 104 3 381 3 187 2 998 2 239
Northern Great Plain region 7 002 6 914 6 850 6 896 7 464 7 413 7 467 7 136 6 868 6 032
Bács-Kiskun county 2 636 2 632 2 611 2 489 2 431 2 419 2 374 2 326 2 303 2 266
Békés county 1 678 1 650 1 672 1 766 1 598 1 588 1 592 1 562 1 481 1 471
Csongrád-Csanád county 2 093 2 108 2 076 2 202 2 180 2 190 2 104 2 086 2 077 2 056
Southern Great Plain region 6 407 6 390 6 359 6 457 6 209 6 197 6 070 5 974 5 861 5 794
Great Plain and North large region 19 448 19 406 19 325 19 598 20 172 20 151 20 024 19 423 19 044 17 917
Total country 43 806 43 811 43 729 43 656 44 211 44 056 45 129 42 737 42 345 40 432
Number of library units lent, thousands
Budapest capital, regionb 4 762 4 605 4 394 4 301 4 193 3 930 3 745 3 749 3 533 3 973
Pest county, regionc 2 692 2 687 2 716 2 603 2 578 2 677 2 584 2 525 2 456 2 468
Central Hungary large regiond 7 454 7 292 7 110 6 904 6 771 6 607 6 329 6 274 5 988 6 441
Fejér county 1 108 1 019 957 900 888 889 875 837 803 781
Komárom-Esztergom county 614 603 593 554 547 541 525 496 461 413
Veszprém county 1 014 1 024 959 795 857 864 841 843 736 663
Central Transdanubia region 2 736 2 646 2 509 2 249 2 292 2 294 2 241 2 176 2 001 1 857
Győr-Moson-Sopron county 1 104 1 239 1 102 983 905 919 868 845 814 776
Vas county 1 020 998 988 955 958 964 954 910 910 867
Zala county 983 892 860 855 883 823 759 739 683 664
Western Transdanubia region 3 107 3 129 2 950 2 793 2 746 2 706 2 581 2 494 2 407 2 307
Baranya county 784 825 822 784 769 759 760 786 668 575
Somogy county 983 878 854 811 741 708 697 633 592 614
Tolna county 495 516 473 452 417 408 417 390 467 356
Southern Transdanubia region 2 262 2 219 2 149 2 047 1 927 1 875 1 874 1 809 1 727 1 545
Transdanubia large region 8 105 7 995 7 608 7 089 6 965 6 875 6 696 6 479 6 135 5 709
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county 1 993 2 015 1 748 1 620 1 824 1 863 1 838 1 747 1 729 1 770
Heves county 783 812 709 722 620 571 540 487 486 407
Nógrád county 387 386 396 376 380 347 297 300 270 248
Northern Hungary region 3 163 3 213 2 853 2 718 2 825 2 781 2 675 2 534 2 485 2 426
Hajdú-Bihar county 1 639 1 615 1 556 1 477 1 421 1 397 1 344 1 148 978 946
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county 1 347 1 326 1 250 1 125 1 153 1 030 1 023 931 828 799
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county 1 261 1 228 1 049 980 1 056 1 029 834 885 824 900
Northern Great Plain region 4 247 4 169 3 855 3 582 3 630 3 456 3 201 2 964 2 630 2 645
Bács-Kiskun county 1 475 1 434 1 199 1 250 1 245 1 210 1 198 1 134 1 090 1 055
Békés county 858 908 854 728 663 667 658 598 555 552
Csongrád-Csanád county 1 225 1 189 1 118 1 098 1 023 935 1 096 1 013 963 941
Southern Great Plain region 3 558 3 531 3 171 3 076 2 932 2 812 2 952 2 745 2 608 2 547
Great Plain and North large region 10 968 10 913 9 879 9 376 9 387 9 049 8 828 8 243 7 723 7 618
Total country 26 527 26 199 24 597 23 369 23 123 22 531 21 853 20 996 19 847 19 768
Number of registered users in public libraries, thousand
Budapest capital, regionb 303 310 303 312 313 300 333 328 313 292
Pest county, regionc 145 146 147 144 144 144 145 148 142 136
Central Hungary large regiond 448 456 450 456 457 444 478 476 455 428
Fejér county 56 53 52 50 49 49 46 46 44 42
Komárom-Esztergom county 34 35 35 32 31 31 34 31 31 30
Veszprém county 63 66 62 56 61 62 62 61 64 62
Central Transdanubia region 153 154 149 138 141 142 142 138 139 135
Győr-Moson-Sopron county 86 63 62 55 52 51 51 49 48 47
Vas county 41 46 43 42 40 40 41 40 40 38
Zala county 46 52 51 51 49 49 48 47 46 40
Western Transdanubia region 173 161 156 148 142 140 140 136 134 124
Baranya county 44 53 53 52 53 52 51 50 47 46
Somogy county 52 50 50 47 46 47 46 46 45 45
Tolna county 30 29 31 30 28 27 26 24 23 23
Southern Transdanubia region 126 132 134 129 127 126 123 120 115 113
Transdanubia large region 452 447 439 415 409 408 405 394 388 372
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county 117 123 107 106 113 111 116 116 119 118
Heves county 47 49 49 53 54 56 59 56 58 51
Nógrád county 33 36 37 39 49 28 27 26 25 24
Northern Hungary region 197 208 193 198 217 195 202 198 202 193
Hajdú-Bihar county 78 73 69 66 67 69 66 60 54 52
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county 69 68 66 64 69 59 59 58 51 50
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county 74 73 68 67 69 67 68 68 67 70
Northern Great Plain region 221 214 203 197 205 195 193 186 173 173
Bács-Kiskun county 92 95 95 100 98 101 101 99 99 98
Békés county 57 58 58 55 56 55 51 52 49 44
Csongrád-Csanád county 73 84 82 85 84 84 84 77 74 72
Southern Great Plain region 222 237 235 240 239 240 236 228 222 214
Great Plain and North large region 639 658 631 635 661 630 631 612 597 579
Total country 1 540 1 561 1 520 1 506 1 527 1 482 1 514 1 482 1 440 1 379
*Data on operating libraries.  aNumber of independent libraries together with member institutes of Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library from 2019.  bPlanning and statistical region and capital according to the territorial code system in force since 1 January 2018, formerly capital.  cPlanning and statistical region and county according to the territorial code system in force since 1 January 2018, formerly county.  dStatistical large region according to the territorial code system in force since 1 January 2018, formerly planning and statistical region and statistical large region. 

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