The country reported to have read books most regularly in 2017 was. This page is a list of the countries of the world by gross domestic product at purchasing power parity per capita, i. Sweden, which has kept schools, bars, restaurants and shops open throughout the coronavirus crisis, has become the country with the highest. Uk publishes more books per capita than any other country. Coronavirus deaths per capita were highest in belgium, topping a list of 176 countries worldwide. Being an author myself, i was very much interested in the number of books published in different european countries. I wasnt able to find data for some countries, which are labelled as na in the map. Most of the data is from the years 20 and 2012, but some of the figures are older no more than five years. The intellectual capital report also said that israel has the second highest publication of new books per capita, as israelis purchase some 12 million books every year, and it reported that the.
This page is a list of the countries of the world by gross domestic product at purchasing. Each year the association releases its global publishing stats, and for. The united states, with over one million total cases, has 4,544 per million people. Uks number of doctors per capita is one of lowest in europe this article is more than 4 months old study of leading economies says there are just 2. Coronavirus deaths per million by country statista. The ultimate guide to global reading habits infographic.
If you live in an englishspeaking country, the answer is probably no. Global english editing has created an infographic of world reading habits. In germany, more 12 to yearolds read daily or several times per. Of course, the number of actual cases in a country is going to be higher than official figures show, with. What we can learn from coronavirus per capita death rates by dan mclaughlin six months into the global coronavirus pandemic, and more than two months into the widespread lockdowns of. There was also a noted decline in published titles in both countries between 2014 and 2015. Maybe it just takes longer for the virus to percolate through our population and for our per capita mortality rates to.
This page lists the number of book titles published per country per year from various sources. But when it comes to bookstores per capita, montana, wyoming, and vermont top the list. Uk tops chart of publications per million inhabitants by a huge margin, with only. China and the us are also the two countries with the most gdp. Excel dataset for the period from 1500 until 2010 ce, worldwide ipa. The white house is focused on per capita coronavirus death. Its india, thailand, and china, where readers spend the most time with books. Global reading frequency in selected countries 2017 statista. Ipa annual report 2014, international publishers association, retrieved october 25, 2014. Finland is the worlds most literate nation if you look at the most recent data about literacy achievement tests and support. The united states and its partners continue to face a growing number of global threats and challenges.
Britain surpasses iceland in most book titles per capita. Uks number of doctors per capita is one of lowest in. The cias mission includes collecting and analyzing information about high priority national security issues such as international terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, cyber attacks, international organized crime and narcotics trafficking, regional conflicts. Another way of thinking about the data is to look at books per capita, which gives us a better. 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. George levines bear pond books is one of three indie bookstores in montpelier, vt. Idaho county coronavirus cases top new york, italy per. On average australians owned 148 books per house, but the largest.
Average daily time spent reading books in norway 20082018 share of people reading books every week in sweden from 20082018 frequency of reading books in germany 20152019. Uk tops chart of publications per million inhabitants by a huge margin, with only china and us publishing more titles in absolute terms. Israel leads world in per capita scientists and engineers. Number of books published per year per capita by country in europe. The following map shows the number of books published per year per capita or per 1 million capita, to be more precise. Another way of thinking about the data is to look at books per capita. The white house is focused on per capita coronavirus death tolls. Uk publishes more books per capita than any other country, report shows this article is more than 5 years old. Another way of thinking about the data is to look at books per capita, which gives us a. Uk publishes more books per capita than any other country, report. Per capita gdp is a measure of the total output of a country that takes gross domestic product gdp and divides it by the number of people in the country.