Statistical items of Iran's public libraries

This report examines statistics on the status of the country's public libraries at the end of Esfand (February–March) 1402 (2023/24). The total number of libraries, with 1.4 percent growth relative to Esfand 1401 (2022/23), has increased to 3,664, of which 2,780 are institutional, 849 partnership, and 35 independent. The number of book copies held in these libraries, with 5.2 percent growth, also reached more than 51 million copies; growth in the partnership sector was 10.5 percent and in the institutional sector 4.5 percent. The number of library members, with a 10.9 percent increase, has risen to about 2,675,383 people, of whom women's share is 53.1 percent and men's share is 46.9 percent. The total floor area of libraries, with 1.6 percent growth, has increased to about 1,428,827 square meters.

At the per-capita level as well, there is on average 1.1 libraries per 25 thousand people; this figure for book copies is 60.4 copies per 100 people, for the number of members 31.6 people per thousand people, and for floor area 16.9 square meters per thousand people.