Belgium vs Switzerland: Number of new book titles published per million people
Belgium
1,322 book titles per million people
in 2004
Switzerland
1,460 book titles per million people
in 2009
Belgium rank
11th
Switzerland rank
10th
Number of new book titles published per million people over time
- Belgium
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 1,460 book titles per million people against 1,322 book titles per million people in Belgium, a difference of 138 book titles per million people.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.
The two have swapped places 52 times across 392 shared years of data; in 1500 it was Switzerland ahead.
Belgium ranks 11th and Switzerland ranks 10th of 68 countries.
Across the 42 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 15 and Switzerland in 27.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500s | 6.65 book titles per million people | 40.2 book titles per million people | 33.56 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1510s | 12.86 book titles per million people | 52.52 book titles per million people | 39.66 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1520s | 38.76 book titles per million people | 125.12 book titles per million people | 86.35 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1530s | 60.43 book titles per million people | 176.03 book titles per million people | 115.6 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1540s | 71.33 book titles per million people | 185.26 book titles per million people | 113.93 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1550s | 85.99 book titles per million people | 255.78 book titles per million people | 169.79 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1560s | 124.3 book titles per million people | 229.7 book titles per million people | 105.4 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1570s | 117.67 book titles per million people | 174.4 book titles per million people | 56.73 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1580s | 110.23 book titles per million people | 134.09 book titles per million people | 23.86 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1590s | 83.32 book titles per million people | 84.68 book titles per million people | 1.36 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1600s | 54.25 book titles per million people | 65.95 book titles per million people | 11.7 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1610s | 75.5 book titles per million people | 67.99 book titles per million people | 7.51 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1620s | 79.41 book titles per million people | 52.35 book titles per million people | 27.06 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1630s | 63.47 book titles per million people | 32.89 book titles per million people | 30.59 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1640s | 70.43 book titles per million people | 23.72 book titles per million people | 46.72 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1650s | 67.18 book titles per million people | 25.63 book titles per million people | 41.55 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1660s | 100.41 book titles per million people | 38.67 book titles per million people | 61.74 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1670s | 118.83 book titles per million people | 37.52 book titles per million people | 81.32 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1680s | 104.48 book titles per million people | 42.36 book titles per million people | 62.12 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1690s | 101.87 book titles per million people | 24.17 book titles per million people | 77.7 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1700s | 77.1 book titles per million people | 14.92 book titles per million people | 62.19 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1710s | 43.09 book titles per million people | 15.65 book titles per million people | 27.44 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1720s | 27.88 book titles per million people | 16.49 book titles per million people | 11.39 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1730s | 22.63 book titles per million people | 20.04 book titles per million people | 2.59 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1740s | 21.94 book titles per million people | 31.89 book titles per million people | 9.95 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1750s | 25.89 book titles per million people | 36.94 book titles per million people | 11.05 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1760s | 21.7 book titles per million people | 58.23 book titles per million people | 36.52 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1770s | 29.84 book titles per million people | 56.17 book titles per million people | 26.32 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1780s | 50.13 book titles per million people | 78.78 book titles per million people | 28.65 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1790s | 54.95 book titles per million people | 56.66 book titles per million people | 1.71 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1800s | 6.31 book titles per million people | 31.91 book titles per million people | 25.61 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1900s | 434.44 book titles per million people | 303.03 book titles per million people | 131.41 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1910s | 171.91 book titles per million people | 433.48 book titles per million people | 261.57 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1920s | 286.38 book titles per million people | 426 book titles per million people | 139.62 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1930s | 563.69 book titles per million people | 496.27 book titles per million people | 67.41 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1940s | 560.84 book titles per million people | 774.33 book titles per million people | 213.49 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1950s | 489.08 book titles per million people | 773.64 book titles per million people | 284.57 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1960s | 574.94 book titles per million people | 878.45 book titles per million people | 303.51 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 758.5 book titles per million people | 1,124 book titles per million people | 365.07 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 927.1 book titles per million people | 1,284 book titles per million people | 356.98 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 1,104 book titles per million people | 1,541 book titles per million people | 436.58 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 1,330 book titles per million people | 1,478 book titles per million people | 148.24 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of new book titles published per million people, Belgium or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 1,460 book titles per million people against 1,322 book titles per million people in Belgium as of 2009.
- What is the difference in number of new book titles published per million people between Belgium and Switzerland?
- 138 book titles per million people, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Switzerland?
- 392 years are reported by both, from 1500 to 2004.
- How do Belgium and Switzerland rank globally for number of new book titles published per million people?
- Belgium ranks 11th and Switzerland ranks 10th of 68 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jonathan Fink-Jensen, IISH Data Collection (2015) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of new book titles published per million people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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The number of new book titles published per year, per million inhabitants.