Public and Private Libraries Census

The Census, addressed to more than 9,000 libraries, state and non-state, both public and private, is carried out by Istat in the framework of the […]

Produzione e lettura di libri in Italia - Anno 2021

Torna a crescere la produzione libraria, stabile il numero di lettori. Nel 2021 sono aumentati sia i titoli pubblicati (+11,1% sul 2020) sia le tirature […]

Postcard from Italy

Click the image to download pdf Event: Tenth Italian day of statistics License CC-by Unless otherwise stated, content on this website is licensed under a Creative […]

Citizens and leisure time sample survey

The sample survey “Citizens and leisure time” (CTL) is part of an integrated system of  social surveys (Multipurpose household surveys). The survey, conducted for the […]

Books production and reading

In 2017 about 85% of the 1,459 active publishers published no more than 50 titles per year; more than half (54.0%) were “small” publishers, producing […]

Books production and reading

The Italian publishing sector is very peculiar: over half of the active operators (54.8%) are “small” publishers, who publish no more than 10 titles per […]

If we were 100

On the occasion of the release of the Italian Statistical Yearbook 2016, Istat represents in an infographic some characteristics of residents in Italy in 2016. […]

Book reading in Italy

42% of people aged 6 and over (24 million est.) have read at least one book in the 12 months preceding the interview, for purposes […]

Books production and reading

In 2014, over 23.8 million people aged 6 and over have read at least one book during the 12 months prior to the interview, for […]

Books production and reading in Italy

In 2013, over 24 million people aged 6 and over report they had read at least one book during the 12 months prior to the […]