Books published per country per year 2017

Consumer price index cpi for books in denmark from january 2019 to. Uk publishes more books per capita than any other country, report. According to unesco, this is an important index of standard of living, education, and of a country s selfawareness. In descending order of number of new titles per year, as. I wasnt able to find data for some countries, which are labelled as na in the map. Live statistics showing how many books have been published this year in the. Most of the data is from the years 20 and 2012, but some of the figures are older no more than five years. The statistics show that the chinese read an average of 4.

In first place comes china, with 440,000 books published in 20, second is the united states with 304,912 books published in 20, and third is the. According to unesco, this is an important index of standard of living, education, and of a countrys selfawareness. The ultimate guide to global reading habits infographic. The spanish publishers association also released its annual reading. Global reading frequency in selected countries 2017 statista. Its india, thailand, and china, where readers spend the most time with books. Being an author myself, i was very much interested in the number of books published in different european countries. The world book publishing map was created by the team from a book discovery platform bookstr. This page lists the number of book titles published per country per year from various sources. This chart shows number of books published per country per year. Ellen silva designed by juan elosua, geoff hing, katie park and matthew zhang published dec. Sales of the book publishing market worldwide in 2017, by country.

The country reported to have read books most regularly in 2017 was china, where a survey among internet users across 17 countries revealed that 36 percent of respondents read a book every day or. Uk publishes more books per capita than any other country. Uk publishers released more than 20 new titles every hour over the course of 2014, meaning that the country published more books per inhabitant than anywhere else in the world. Book publishing revenues in the higher education market alone amounted to nearly 4 billion u. The following map shows the number of books published per year per capita or per 1 million capita, to be more precise. Of the books released in 2015 by the 25 biggest book markets, china published 28% of the total, and the us 20%. We do apologize for all countries without information. Top 160 books published in 2017 that people have added on goodreads. According to unesco, this is an important index of standard of. The statistic shows the total number of book publishers in selected countries worldwide in 2016. The latest available numbers total to approximately 2. Nprs book concierge our guide to 2017 s great reads.

China and the us make nearly half the worlds books. Produced by nicole cohen, rose friedman, petra mayer and glen weldon executive producer. The german figures for 2018 saw a more stable year after a poor 2017. Uk publishes more books per capita than any other country, report shows. The first european countries to release figures on 2018 data were italy and germany. Number of book publishers worldwide by country 2016 statista. The united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization monitors both the number and type of books published per country per year as an important index of standard of living and education, and of a country s selfawareness. The best selling book in japan is the heroic fantasy novel series, guin saga, about an amnesiac warrior who wears a. The counts include reeditions of older titles, but not self published books. Below is shown the number of new titles per year, per country, as of the latest. Thanks to that, its available in an easier to share form. In terms of per capita data, from the international publishing association here is a chart of new titles per million inhabitants. Number of books published per year per capita by country.