in FinlandLIBRARIES AND SKILLS 2017

LIBRARIES IN FINLAND

SKILLS IN FINLAND

Finland ranks 2on the EU’s DigitalEconomy & SocietyIndex (DESI)

of Finnish employers encounterdi�culties in finding employeeswith the rights skills

of Finnish adultsparticipate in life-longlearning activities

20% 11%

24% 13%

One library per7,432 inhabitants

Population:5.5 million

2

% ADULTS WITH LOW LITERACY SKILLS

% ADULTS WITH LOW NUMERACY SKILLS

HOW GOOD ARE THE FINNS ONLINE?

25% 47.6%

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of adults in Finlandhave used theirpublic library.

of public library usersin Finland took partin educational activitiesat the library.

67%

23%

Information drawn from: European Commission Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) 2016; European Commission Education and Training Monitor 2016; OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC); TNS Global Survey Measuring perceptions of the benefits of ICT in public libraries in the EU; the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA) and the Finnish Library Association (Suomen kirjastoseura).

Suomenkirjastoseura

3 MILLIONADULTS USED THEPUBLIC LIBRARYin Finland each year

900.000adults per yearuse a computerin the library.

There are97.4 MILLIONBOOK LOANSin Finnish librarieseach year.

There are405,521eBOOK LOANSin Finnish librarieseach year.

o�er internetaccess.ALL

of them o�erWiFi access.100%

THERE AREAPPROXIMATELY

740PUBLIC LIBRARIES

IN FINLAND

Millions of people access the Internetfor the �rst time in a public library.Did You Know?