Books published per country per year

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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 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 self-awareness.[1]

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Highlights [edit]

  • Britain overtook the U.S. in 2005 for the second time in 20 years (the last time before 2005 was in 2001). The United States dropped that year to 172,000, a decrease of 18% while the United Kingdom increased by 28%. Per capita the United Kingdom is and remains the largest publisher worldwide.[2]

List of countries [edit]

In descending order of number of new titles per year, as of the latest year available, sometimes "new titles and editions":

  1.  United States (2010) 328,259 (new titles and editions) [3]
  2.  United Kingdom (2005) 206,000 [2]
  3.  China (2010) 189,295 (328,387 total) [4]
  4.  Russian Federation (2008) 123,336 [5]
  5.  Germany (2011) 96,273 [6]
  6.  Spain (2008) 86,300 [7]
  7.  India (2004) 82,537 (21,370 in Hindi and 18,752 in English) [8]
  8.  Japan (2009) 78,555 [9]
  9.  Iran (2010) 65,000 [10][11]
  10.  France (2010) 63,690 (67,278 total) [12]
  11.  Pakistan (2010) 45,000 [13]
  12.  Taiwan (2010) 43,309 [14]
  13.  Turkey (2011) 43,100 [15]
  14.  South Korea (2012) 39,767 [16]
  15.  Netherlands (1993) 34,067 [7]
  16.  Italy (2005) 33,641 (59,743 total) [17]
  17.  Poland (2010) 31,500 [18]
  18.  Vietnam (2009) 24,589 [19]
  19.  Indonesia (2009) 24,000+ [19]
  20.  Argentina (2010) 22,781 (26,387 total) [20]
  21.  Canada (1996) 19,900 [21]
  22.  Brazil (2010) 18,712 (54,754 total) [22]
  23.  Malaysia (2011) 19,171 [23]
  24.  Romania (2008) 14,984 [24]
  25.  Ukraine (2004) 14,790 [25]
  26.  Hong Kong (2005) 14,603 [26]
  27.  Belgium (1991) 13,913 [7]
  28.  Finland (2006) 13,656 [27]
  29.  Thailand (2009) 13,607 [19]
  30.  Belarus (2009) 12,885 [28]
  31.  Denmark (1996) 12,352 [7]
  32.  Colombia (2010) 12,334 (13,294 total) [29]
  33.  Switzerland (2001) 12,156 [30]
  34.  Singapore (2007) 12,000+ [31]
  35.  Hungary (2012) 11,645 [32]
  36.  Czech Republic (1996) 10,244 [7]
  37.  Slovakia (2006) 9,400 [33]
  38.  Mexico (2010) 9,075 (25,348 total)[34]
  39.  Egypt (2000) 9,022 [35]
  40.  Australia (2004) 8,602 [36]
  41.  Austria (1996) 8,056 [7]
  42.  Portugal (1996) 7,868 [7]
  43.  Israel (2006) 6,866 [37]
  44.  Greece (2002) 6,826 [38]
  45.  South Africa (1995) 5,418 [39]
  46.  Chile (2011) 5,326 (5,720 total) [40]
  47.  Sri Lanka (1996) 4,115 [41]
  48.  Peru (2006) 4,101 [42]
  49.  Sweden (2010) 4,074 (30,857 total)[43]
  50.  Saudi Arabia (1996) 3,900 [41]
  51.  Lebanon (2005) 3,686 [44]
  52.  Myanmar (1993) 3,660 [41]
  53.  New Zealand (2003) 3,600 [45]
  54.  Ecuador (2010) 2,854 (4,164 total) [46]
  55.  Afghanistan (1990) 2,795 [41]
  56.  Venezuela (2003) 2,061 [30]
  57.  Luxembourg (2001) 2,000 [30]
  58.  Latvia (1996) 1,965 [7]
  59.  Iceland (2007) 1,533 [47]
  60.  Philippines (1996) 1,507 [41]
  61.  Cuba (2003) 1,488 [30]
  62.  Costa Rica (2003) 1,315 [30]
  63.  Nigeria (1991) 1,314 [39]
  64.  Kazakhstan (1996) 1,226 [41]
  65.  Syria (2004) 1,138 [48]
  66.  Uzbekistan (1996) 1,003 [41]
  67.  Cyprus (1996) 930 [41]
  68.  Morocco (1996) 918 [39]
  69.  Tunisia (1996) 720 [39]
  70.  Dominican Republic (2003) 705 [30]
  71.  Algeria (1996) 670 [39]
  72.  Uruguay (2003) 605 [30]
  73.  Bolivia (2003) 584 [30]
  74.  Georgia (1998) 581 [41]
  75.  Azerbaijan (1996) 542 [41]
  76.  Jordan (1996) 511 [41]
  77.  Panama (2003) 506 [30]
  78.  Turkmenistan (1994) 450 [41]
  79.  Guatemala (2003) 446 [30]
  80.  Kyrgyzstan (1998) 420 [41]
  81.  Malta (1995) 404 [7]
  82.  Fiji (1994) 401 [49]
  83.  Armenia (1996) 396 [41]
  84.  Paraguay (2003) 390 [30]
  85.  Albania (1991) 381 [7]
  86.  Nicaragua (2003) 306 [30]
  87.  Kenya (1994) 300 [39]
  88.  United Arab Emirates (1993) 293 [41]
  89.  Honduras (2003) 290 [30]
  90.  Uganda (1996) 288 [39]
  91.  Mongolia (1992) 285 [41]
  92.  El Salvador (2003) 250 [30]
  93.  Ethiopia (1991) 240 [39]
  94.  Zimbabwe (1992) 232 [39]
  95.  Vatican City (1996) 228 [7]
  96.  Qatar (1996) 209 [41]
  97.  Kuwait (1992) 196 [41]
  98.  Tanzania (1990) 172 [39]
  99.  Botswana (1991) 158 [39]
  100.  Tajikistan (1996) 132 [41]
  101.  Papua New Guinea (1991) 122 [49]
  102.  Madagascar (1996) 119 [39]
  103.  Malawi (1996) 117 [39]
  104.  Palestine (1996) 114 [41]
  105.  Namibia (1990) 106 [39]
  106.  Eritrea (1993) 106 [39]
  107.  Brunei Darussalam (2009) 91 [19]
  108.  Laos (1995) 88 [41]
  109.  Benin (1994) 84 [39]
  110.  Mauritius (1996) 80 [39]
  111.  Réunion (1992) 69 [39]
  112.  Democratic Republic of the Congo (1992) 64 [39]
  113.  Andorra (1994) 57 [7]
  114.  Suriname (1996) 47 [21]
  115.  Guyana (1996) 42 [21]
  116.  Monaco (1990) 41 [7]
  117.  Bahrain (1996) 40 [41]
  118.  Ghana (1992) 28 [39]
  119.  Libya (1994) 26 [39]
  120.  Angola (1995) 22 [39]
  121.  Mali (1995) 14 [39]
  122.  Gambia (1996) 14 [39]
  123.  Burkina Faso (1996) 12 [39]
  124.  Oman (1996) 7 [41]

TOTAL: approximately 2,200,000

References [edit]

  1. ^ Wresch, William. Have and Have-Nots in the Information Age. Rutgers University Press, 1996, p. 39
  2. ^ a b Goldfarb, Jeff. "Bookish Britain overtakes America as top publisher", Reuters Entertainment, May 10, 2006.
  3. ^ Publishing Market Shows Steady Title Growth in 2011 Fueled Largely by Self-Publishing Sector and A table of new book titles and editions, 2002-2011
  4. ^ General Administration of Press and Publication of the People's Republic of China, General information of the national press and publishing industry in 2010. (In Chinese)
  5. ^ Federal Agency of Publishing and Mass Media [1], Book Publishing in Russia. (In Russian)
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  9. ^ "Japanese book publishers association report - An Introduction to Publishing in Japan 2010–2011" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-14. 
  10. ^ "Books stats released by ministry of cultural affairs, Iran". Raja News. Retrieved 2012-06-14. 
  11. ^ IRINN: Stats of Iranian book titles published with government authorization[dead link]
  12. ^ (French)numbers 2009-2010, centre national du livre
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  14. ^ Government Information Office, Republic of China (Taiwan) [3], 2011 Publication Yearbook. (In Chinese)
  15. ^ [4]. Ministry of Culture and Tourism
  16. ^ "Korean publishers association official statistics". Kpa21.or.kr. Retrieved 2013-02-13. 
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  27. ^ "Annual Report on the State of the Book Trade in FINLAND in 2007". Icyb2008.com. Retrieved 2012-06-14. 
  28. ^ Belarusian Book Chamber, news section for 01/28/2010 . (In Belarusian)
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  30. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Producción Y Comercio Internacional Del Libro En Centro América" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-14. 
  31. ^ "SBPA - Publishing in Singapore" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-14. 
  32. ^ "Magyarország könyvtermelése". Retrieved 2013-04-04. 
  33. ^ [7], ČTK 29.07.2007 16:54, Slovak Newspaper Pravda
  34. ^ "CANIEM statistics 2010". Retrieved 2012-06-14. 
  35. ^ "the cultural industries in Egypt (2002)". CiteSeerX: 10.1.1.106.1733. 
  36. ^ Nigel Krauth. "Jeremy Fisher-The Professional Author: Researching creativity and reality". Textjournal.com.au. Retrieved 2012-06-14. 
  37. ^ Legal Deposit Department: Israeli Book Statistics for 2006, The Jewish National and University Library. Retrieved February 5, 2008.
  38. ^ "Arab books and human development", Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ), Spring, 2004, Eugene Rogan
  39. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y UNESCO "Africa", Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics
  40. ^ "Cámara Chilena del Libro - statistics 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-14. 
  41. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w UNESCO "Asia", Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics
  42. ^ "Cámara Peruana del Libro - Compendio Estadistico Sobre El Libro En El Perú" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-14. 
  43. ^ "Svenska Förläggareföreningen - statistics 2010" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-14. 
  44. ^ Lebanon - Book Production Data
  45. ^ New Zealand gov publications[dead link]
  46. ^ "Cámara Ecuatoriana del Libro - El Libro En El Ecuador" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-14. 
  47. ^ National and University Library of Iceland. Icelandic National Bibliography. "Statistical summary of material published in Iceland in the year 2007" Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  48. ^ Frankfurt Book Fair. "Information on the Syrian book market". Retrieved 12 April 2011. 
  49. ^ a b UNESCO "Oceania", Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics

External links [edit]

  • Goldfarb, Jeff. "Bookish Britain overtakes America as top publisher", Reuters Entertainment, May 10, 2006, retrieved May 11, 2006.
  • "Understanding Israel's Book Market", Haaretz, December 23, 2005.
  • UNESCO. "Europe", Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics, retrieved May 11, 2006
  • UNESCO "America", Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics, retrieved May 11, 2006
  • UNESCO "Asia", Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics, retrieved May 11, 2006
  • UNESCO "Africa", Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics, retrieved May 11, 2006
  • UNESCO "Oceania", Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics, retrieved May 11, 2006

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