Culture, media and time use

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Public libraries

Excl. Åland

  1990 2000 2010 2020 2023
Libraries, number 1 151 936 843 732 721
Mobile libraries, number 232 201 154 137 123
Collections, million 37,2 40,9 39,7 33,0 31,3
Loans, million 85,7 102,2 96,2 70,4 83,1
- Per inhabitant, number 17,3 19,9 18,1 12,8 15,0
Borrowers, million 2,2 2,4 2,1 1,8 1,8
Physical library visits, million 49,3 64,0 52,6 35,2 47,7
Online visits, milion - - 57,1 50,0 43,3

Cinemas, museums, theatres and orchestras

  2000 2010 2019 2020 2021 2022
Cinemas 228 172 176 177 178 183
Cinema halls 343 289 358 360 357 374
Seats, thousand 59 50 50 50 48 49
Premieres 176 186 201 131 139 217
Visits per inhabitant 1,4 1,4 1,5 0,7 0,6 1,1
Museums 1) 155 158 153 150 151 151
Exhibitions 1 289 1 134 1 004 773 824 909
Admissions, million 4,9 4,9 7,6 4,5 4,4 6,9
Theatres 2) 3) 60 59 59 59 59 69
Performances 13 837 12 833 11 453 6 374 5 935 9 637
Tickets sold, million 2,6 2,6 2,3 0,8 0,8 1,6
Orchestras 2) 24 28 29 30 30 33

1) Museums with full-time personnel, excl. Åland
2) Theatres receiving statutory State subsidy
3) Incl. Finnish National Theatre and Finnish National Opera and Ballet

Corrected on 16 May 2024. The correction is indicated in red.

Shares of use by media, 2022

  Age group
15–24 25–44 45–59 60–69 Total
min per day min per day %
Print media, total 80 51 42 68 57 10
Magazines 13 9 7 11 9 2
Newspapers (subscribed and paid for newspapers) 28 16 14 27 19 3
Free papers 14 10 6 8 9 2
Books 25 16 15 23 19 3
Electronic media, total 600 525 484 463 513 90
Television 87 109 155 178 132 23
Radio 37 56 76 89 65 11
Internet 476 359 252 196 316 55
Total 680 575 526 531 570 100

Time use

Population aged 10 or over

Activity 1987–1988 1999–2000 2009–2010 2020–2021
Time used, h.min/day 1)
Total 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00
Gainful employment 3.21 2.48 2.27 2.20
Domestic work 3.04 3.10 3.08 2.59
Personal needs 10.32 10.43 10.54 10.57
  - Sleep 8.28 8.35 8.38 8.32
  - Meals 1.16 1.20 1.23 1.31
  - Washing and dressing 0.49 0.47 0.53 0.54
Study 0.39 0.39 0.38 0.38
Participatory activity 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.05
Sports and outdoor activities 0.34 0.40 0.43 0.48
Entertainment and culture 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.03
Reading 0.53 0.46 0.43 0.37
Listening to radio 0.15 0.09 0.07 0.05
Watching television 1.45 2.16 2.12 2.19
Socialising 1.15 0.56 0.50 0.47
Hobbies 0.26 0.31 1.01 1.06
Other free time 0.27 0.27 0.21 0.23
Leisure trips 0.34 0.31 0.30 0.20
Unspecified 0.02 0.11 0.13 0.33

1) Average of weekdays

Source: Statistics Finland, time use

Time use (xlsx)

Updated: 22.3.2024

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Last updated 16 May 2024