Average number of loans per library item in the Netherlands 2017, by type
The statistic displays the average number of loans per library item in the Netherlands in 2017, by type. As of 2017, books for younger readers were more frequently borrowed from libraries in the Netherlands than adult books and audiovisual materials. Close to 36 million youth books were borrowed from Dutch libraries in 2017, whereas the number of audiovisual items borrowed was just over four million items in the same year.