New Zealand vs Spain: Number of new book titles published per million people
New Zealand
1,047 book titles per million people
in 1984
Spain
1,164 book titles per million people
in 1996
New Zealand rank
15th
Spain rank
13th
Number of new book titles published per million people over time
- New Zealand
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 1,164 book titles per million people against 1,047 book titles per million people in New Zealand, a difference of 117 book titles per million people.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1949 it was New Zealand ahead.
New Zealand ranks 15th and Spain ranks 13th of 68 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 4 and Spain in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 148.05 book titles per million people | 130.23 book titles per million people | 17.82 book titles per million people | New Zealand |
| 1950s | 209.34 book titles per million people | 156.54 book titles per million people | 52.8 book titles per million people | New Zealand |
| 1960s | 514.85 book titles per million people | 482.85 book titles per million people | 32 book titles per million people | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 561.68 book titles per million people | 644.49 book titles per million people | 82.81 book titles per million people | Spain |
| 1980s | 909.79 book titles per million people | 809.13 book titles per million people | 100.66 book titles per million people | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of new book titles published per million people, New Zealand or Spain?
- Spain, at 1,164 book titles per million people against 1,047 book titles per million people in New Zealand as of 1996.
- What is the difference in number of new book titles published per million people between New Zealand and Spain?
- 117 book titles per million people, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Spain?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1949 to 1984.
- How do New Zealand and Spain rank globally for number of new book titles published per million people?
- New Zealand ranks 15th and Spain ranks 13th 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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About this data
The number of new book titles published per year, per million inhabitants.