Aug 03, 2018 why dont americans experience more stories from abroad. Occasionally an author will fall deeply in love with a new place, however, and base a fantastically evocative setting on an adopted home instead. According to unesco, this is an important index of standard of. Nov 14, 2018 i started guessing countries with big populations because it seems obvious to me that they would have more authors, but brazil, pakistan, nigeria, bangladesh, mexico, ethiopia, and the philippines were not on here and all have over a hundred million people. The best selling book in japan is the heroic fantasy novel series, guin saga, about an amnesiac warrior who wears a. Until the year 700, around 120 books per year were produced, but a millenium later in 1790 20 million copies were printed. The statistics show that the chinese read an average of 4. Each year the association releases its global publishing stats, and for. Aug 24, 2015 sam harris and the number of books translated into arabic. Certain groups read more, or less, than the country as a whole. This woman read one book from every country in the world.
These include books, multimedia dvds, cdroms, vhs videos, periodicals, and scientific maps for professionals. The united kingdombased nature publishing group distributes several leading scholarly research publications. The secondmost common cause of death is cancer, followed by suicide, road accidents, homicide, and alcohol poisoning. This nordic nation of just over 300,000 people has more writers, more books published and more books read, per head, than anywhere else in the world. If you rank nations only on their reading assessment results, singapore would come top, followed by south korea, japan and china. The list is defaulted to 2018, all genres, and all book types. We do apologize for all countries without information. Uk publishes more books per capita than any other country. Over half of the deaths in russia are caused by cardiovascular disease. Being an author myself, i was very much interested in the number of books published in different european countries. Mar 31, 2017 have you ever wondered which country publishes the most books per year.
Living in a country where only 3 percent of books published each year are. Books published per country per year book publishing, map. Live statistics showing how many books have been published this year in the. The latest available numbers total to approximately 2. Different language versions of the same title published in a particular country. The competition is fierce especialy for self published authors who are not marketing experts which is at least 99. Ten percent of icelanders become a published author in their lifetime. How many books are published each year in various languages. Unesco united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization keeps track of books published by country. Unesco publications united nations educational, scientific. Additionally, thousands of authors have created publishing companies and self published their own works. Iceland might be somewhere on the top, but checked only countries publishing at least 5000 titles per year. Below you will find the list of the 30 countries that reads the most.
Uk publishes more books per capita than any other country, report shows the guardian, retrieved october 25, 2014. Number of books published per year per capita by country. Change the year, genre, and book type and you can even specify award nominated books only. Find more related info or create your own map in world map of books published per country per year by country targetmap. In tiny iceland, which was not included, around 1,000 new titles are published each year in a language spoken by only 320,000 people. Yet these shortcomings in the statistics have not hindered the international reception of the ahdrs data on arab book publishing. We tried to find every country s number but not all were available. I wasnt able to find data for some countries, which are labelled as na in the map. Number of books published per year per capita by reddit. More than 40 percent of those books were from western europe. Jan 18, 2017 this study shows the languages which produces the most books. Mar 03, 2011 new titles per year, as of the latest year available.
Oct 10, 2017 divide 2 million by 365 days per year. There are somewhere between 600,000 and 1,000,000 books published every year in. Everything you wanted to know about book sales but were. The uis provides free access to data for all unesco countries and regional groupings from 1970 to the most recent year available. Many small and mediumsized book publishers specialize in a specific area. Looks like iceland is around 3125 per million, if we only count those speaking icelandic at least. We tried to find every countrys number but not all were available. In asia, 79% of the japanese had read a print book in the last year. This chart shows number of books published per country per year. You have the permission to use, distribute, and reproduce in any medium, provided the source and authors are credited.
According to the nop world culture score index, india is the country that reads the most, with over 10 hours per week. Heres how it breaks down by country note that the u. Where one in 10 people will publish a book bbc news. New titles per year, as of the latest year available. The most popular book the year you were born bestselling books. I wasnt able to find a good source of information, so i decided to make one myself. The average number of books each person read over the course of a year was 12but that number is inflated by the most avid readers. The ipa report released in october pdf shows just how big a slice of the pie the two countries hold in terms of new titles. Books by country living magazine author of country living. Most of the data is from the years 20 and 2012, but some of the figures are older no more than five years. Dec 24, 20 this woman read one book from every country in the world. China and the us are also the two countries with the most gdp.
Number of books published per year per capita by country in europe. The organization managed to collect figures from 123 countries. Another way of thinking about the data is to look at books per capita, which gives us a better. Jun 24, 2016 published when he was just 25 and fresh off of world war ii service himself, norman mailers war classic the naked and the dead was the bestselling book in the country every week for over a year.
The best books are set in locations that are so vivid they feel like another character in the story. Ipa annual report 2014, international publishers association, retrieved october 25, 2014. Take a look and see where your country lies on the bookpublishing map. This list shows all the books in the wwend database first published in a specified year. All of our world in data is completely open access and all work is licensed under the creative commons by license. There are somewhere between 600,000 and 1,000,000 books published every year in the us alone. The most frequently reported number was 4 books per year. Excel dataset for the period from 1500 until 2010 ce, worldwide ipa. You may think you know the answer, but everyone at bookstr was surprised. Other countries included in the survey results can be found in the chart published below. The data on books published displayed on the worldometer s counter is based on statistics published by unesco united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization. Iceland has the most books published per person per year in the world in iceland, more books are published and sold per person every year than anywhere else in the world.
As the official statistical agency of unesco, the uis produces a wide range of stateoftheart databases to fuel the policies and investments needed to transform lives and propel the world towards its development goals. Oct 22, 2014 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. Sam harris and the number of books translated into arabic. This is how many books the average american reads in a year. This page lists the number of book titles published per country per year from various sources. Take a look and see where your country lies on the book publishing map. This study shows the languages which produces the most books. Living in a country where only 3 percent of books published each year are translations. Of the books released in 2015 by the 25 biggest book markets, china published 28% of the total, and the us 20%.
Jan 8, 2016 being an author myself, i was very much interested in the number of books published in different european countries. Certainly in many countries most books are published in the main languages of the country so the above figures will be a good estimate. Oct 06, 2016 finland is the worlds most literate nation if you look at the most recent data about literacy achievement tests and support. Its not a meaningless point, it tells you about the number of published books per capita, which is an interesting thing to comment on. Russia finishes the ten countries with the highest death rates with a death rate of 12. The most iconic books set in 150 countries infographic. Sue hubbell was the author of eight books, including a country year and new york times notable book a book of bees. Most books are published by a small number of very large book publishers, but thousands of smaller book publishers exist. Its hard to find reliable statistics for new books published each year ranked by country. The biggest number of books is published per year in china, united states, and the united kingdom. Below is shown the number of new titles per year, per country, as of the latest. Of course, it is utter madness to publish so many books when the average person reads between one and five books a year, but would you prefer.
I wasnt able to find a good source of information, so i decided to make one. This statistic provides information on the number of self published books in the united states from 2008 to 2018, broken down by format. Another way of thinking about the data is to look at books per capita. There is an entry on wikipedia that lists countries according to books published per year. Iceland has the most books published per person per year in. Number of books published per year per capita by books. Unesdoc database contains over 146,000 unesco documents in full text published since 1945 as well as metadata from the collections of the unesco library and documentation centres in field offices and institutes. World map of books published per country per year by. Number of books published per year per capita by country in. According to the research, americans read a mean average of 12 books per year, and the typical median american has read four books in the past 12.
According to unesco, this is an important index of standard of living, education, and of a country s selfawareness. Louis postdispatch, smithsonian, and time, and was a frequent contributor to the hers column of the new york times. Books by country living magazine country living magazine average rating 3. The evolution of e book reading is worth a closer look. The bestselling book of all time is cervantes don quixote, originally published in 1605. Uk publishes more books per capita than any other country, report. And since i need a reason to justify the time ive spent dicking around on bookscan, here is my guide to everything you wanted to know about book sales but were afraid to ask. South africa ranks somewhat near the middle, with an average of 6. May 12, 2017 the average number of books read for pleasure by adults in the united kingdom is approximately 10 each year, which is much higher than the figure for the chinese. Nov 18, 2019 this statistic provides information on the number of self published books in the united states from 2008 to 2018, broken down by format. Finland is the worlds most literate nation if you look at the most recent data about literacy achievement tests and support. Sadly, with 196 books to get through this year i dont have time to read more than one book per country, but i will check out those links and add more titles to the list where i can so that other visitors to this site can read them. The following map shows the number of books published per year per capita or per 1 million capita, to be more precise.
Of course, theres plenty of variation among demographics. Apr 06, 2017 there is an entry on wikipedia that lists countries according to books published per year. Chad posts three percent database reports only 633 newly translated works of fiction and poetry published in english in the us in 2016, less than 1 percent of the estimated 300,000 new books published per year per unesco. 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. 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. Discover all relevant statistics and facts on the u. People in india claim to spend an average of 10 hours and 42 minutes every week on reading. Name the countries which publish the greatest number of books per year. Many books are written by a local author who knows the back streets and unspoken history of a place.