Books published per country per year

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. [Wresch, William. "Have and Have-Nots in the Information Age". Rutgers University Press, 1996, p. 39]

Highlights

*The UK is cited as leading the world with per-capita new titles per year.
*Britain overtook the U.S. in 2006 for the second time in 20 years; the last time was 2001.
*New titles in the UK increased by 28 per cent in 2005-6, whereas output in the U.S. dropped 18 per cent.

List of countries

In descending order of number of new titles per year, as of the latest year available:

#United Kingdom (2005) 206,000 Goldfarb, Jeff. "Bookish Britain overtakes America as top publisher", "Reuters Entertainment", May 10, 2006.]
#United States (2005) 172,000
#China (1994) 100,951 UNESCO [http://www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/html/CultAndCom/Table_IV_5_Asia.html "Asia"] , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics]
#Germany (1996) 71,515 UNESCO. [http://www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/html/CultAndCom/Table_IV_5_Europe.html "Europe"] , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics.]
#Japan (1996) 56,221
#Spain (1996) 46,330
#Russian Federation (1996) 36,237
#Italy (1996) 35,236
#France (1996) 34,766
#Netherlands (1993) 34,067
#Brazil (1994) 21,574
#Canada (1996) 19,900 UNESCO. [http://www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/html/CultAndCom/Table_IV_5_America.html "America"] , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics.]
#Switzerland (1996) 15,371
#Poland (1996) 14,104
#Belgium (1991) 13,913
#Sweden (1996) 13,496
#Finland (1996) 13,104
#India (1996) 11,903
#Australia (1994) 10,835 UNESCO [http://www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/html/CultAndCom/Table_IV_5_Oceania.html "Oceania"] , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics]
#Argentina (1996) 9,850
#Austria (1996) 8,056
#Israel (2006) 6,866 [ [http://jnul.huji.ac.il/eng/lgd-statistics-2007.html Legal Deposit Department: Israeli Book Statistics for 2006] , The Jewish National and University Library. Retrieved February 5, 2008.]
#Greece (2002) 6,826 [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2501/is_2_26/ai_n8706604 "Arab books and human development"] , "Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)", Spring, 2004, Eugene Rogan]
#Turkey (1996) 6,546
#Ukraine (1995) 6,225
#South Africa (1995) 5,418 UNESCO [http://www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/html/CultAndCom/Table_IV_5_Africa.html "Africa"] , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics]
#Venezuela (1996) 3,468
#Afghanistan (1990) 2,795
#Chile (1995) 2,469
#Egypt (1995) 2,215
#Latvia (1996) 1,965
#Iceland (2006) 1,419 [National and University Library of Iceland. "Icelandic National Bibliography." [http://www.utgafuskra.is/statistics.jsp "Statistical summary of material published in Iceland in the year 2006"] Retrieved April 13, 2008.]
#Morocco (1996) 918
#Tunisia (1996) 720
#Algeria (1996) 670
#Syria (1992) 598
#Jordan (1996) 511
#Malta (1995) 404
#Fiji (1994) 401
#Albania (1991) 381
#Kenya (1994) 300
#United Arab Emirates (1993) 293
#Ethiopia (1991) 240
#Zimbabwe (1992) 232
#Vatican City (1996) 228
#Qatar (1996) 209
#Kuwait (1992) 196
#Tanzania (1990) 172
#Botswana (1991) 158
#Paraguay (1993) 152
#Tajikistan (1996) 132
#Papua New Guinea (1991) 122
#Madagascar (1996) 119
#Malawi (1996) 117
#Palestinian territories (1996) 114
#Namibia (1990) 106
#Eritrea (1993) 106
#Laos (1995) 88
#Benin (1994) 84
#Mauritius (1996) 80
#Réunion (1992) 69
#Democratic Republic of Congo (1992) 64
#Andorra (1994) 57
#Suriname (1996) 47
#Brunei Darussalam (1992) 45
#Guyana (1996) 42
#Monaco (1990) 41
#Bahrain (1996) 40
#Ghana (1992) 28
#Libya (1994) 26
#Angola (1990) 22
#Mali (1995) 14
#Burkina Faso (1996) 12
#Ecuador (1995) 12
#Oman (1996) 7
#Niger (1991) 5

Notes

References

*Goldfarb, Jeff. [http://www.metronews.ca/reuters_entertainment.asp?id=147107 "Bookish Britain overtakes America as top publisher"] , "Reuters Entertainment", May 10, 2006, retrieved May 11, 2006.
* [http://www.artsjournal.com/publishing/Publishingarch20051201_archive.shtml "Understanding Israel's Book Market"] , "Haaretz", December 23, 2005.
*UNESCO. [http://www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/html/CultAndCom/Table_IV_5_Europe.html "Europe"] , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics, retrieved May 11, 2006
*UNESCO [http://www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/html/CultAndCom/Table_IV_5_America.html "America"] , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics, retrieved May 11, 2006
*UNESCO [http://www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/html/CultAndCom/Table_IV_5_Asia.html "Asia"] , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics, retrieved May 11, 2006
*UNESCO [http://www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/html/CultAndCom/Table_IV_5_Africa.html "Africa"] , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics, retrieved May 11, 2006
*UNESCO [http://www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/html/CultAndCom/Table_IV_5_Oceania.html "Oceania"] , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics, retrieved May 11, 2006
*Wresch, William. "Have and Have-Nots in the Information Age". Rutgers University Press, 1996. ISBN 0813523702