The highest “Print” is “Qom”, at 882. The highest “Digital” is “Qom”, at 325.

Per-capita reading time for e-books and print books in Iran, 1396 (2017/18)
Province	Print	Digital
Qom	882	325
Razavi Khorasan	496	135
Yazd	515	103
Isfahan	442	111
Fars	433	112
Hormozgan	409	131
Tehran	392	106
Mazandaran	395	70
Lorestan	336	125
Gilan	312	114
Other provinces	315	80
Kurdistan	232	86
East Azerbaijan	248	49
Khuzestan	225	72
Sistan and Baluchestan	175	33
Ilam	119	49

Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian

About this data

The data on this page is about Iran. Figures come from Iranian sources as published, without adjustment.

Iranian (Solar Hijri) years run from late March to March: 1404 = March 2025 to March 2026.

Details

Source: Qom Province Management and Planning Organization
Year: 1399 (2020/21)
Industry: Books and publishing
Published: Oct 4, 2020

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