I. Book Purchases for Local Libraries in 2024 and Plans for 2025: Survey Report of Territorial Communities
In February 2025, the Ukrainian Book Institute sent a request to each territorial community regarding their book purchases for public libraries in 2024, as well as their planned acquisitions for 2025. A total of 1,258 letters were sent to communities not affected by active hostilities. We received 942 responses, representing three-quarters of all communities.
The Ukrainian Book Institute presented the detailed statistics at the roundtable discussion "Libraries as a Response to Community Challenges" on March 25.
The full report is available at the link below:
II. Key Figures of the Ukrainian Book Sector | 2024
Ukrainian Book Market on the Rise: +31% in Publisher Revenue and 33 Million Copies in a Year.
In 2024, Ukraine’s publishing industry showed clear signs of recovery: publisher revenue increased by 31% compared to 2023, and the total annual print run grew by 21%. More than 350 publishers are currently active in Ukraine. Books are available in approximately 800 brick-and-mortar bookstores and 80 online shops. The total market volume is estimated at 8 billion UAH — roughly 200 million USD. In 2024, a total of 15,601 book titles were published with a combined print run of 33.315 million copies.
The Ukrainian Book Institute presented detailed statistics during the online talk on June 3rd. The full report is available at the link below:
Key Figures of the Ukrainian Book Sector | 2024
Recording of the report online presentation (in Ukrainian)
III. Express analysis of the book industry of Ukraine from the UIC (for the first half of 2025)
In this short report, you will find: financial indicators of publishers and book distributors; financial indicators of printing houses; book production indicators; indicators of opening/closing new book businesses; indicators of registration in the State Register of Book Publishing Entities.
Additionally, we compared the results for the first half of 2025 with those for the first half of 2024.
The express analysis report is available at the link:
Express analysis of the book industry of Ukraine for the first half of 2025
