Spain vs Switzerland: Number of new book titles published per million people
Spain
1,164 book titles per million people
in 1996
Switzerland
1,460 book titles per million people
in 2009
Spain rank
13th
Switzerland rank
10th
Number of new book titles published per million people over time
- Spain
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 1,460 book titles per million people against 1,164 book titles per million people in Spain, a difference of 296 book titles per million people.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.3 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 22 times across 360 shared years of data; in 1500 it was Switzerland ahead.
Spain ranks 13th and Switzerland ranks 10th of 69 countries.
Across the 38 decades both report, Spain averaged higher in 4 and Switzerland in 34.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500s | 7.51 book titles per million people | 40.2 book titles per million people | 32.69 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1510s | 7.4 book titles per million people | 52.52 book titles per million people | 45.12 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1520s | 7.67 book titles per million people | 125.12 book titles per million people | 117.44 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1530s | 7.6 book titles per million people | 176.03 book titles per million people | 168.43 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1540s | 7.49 book titles per million people | 185.26 book titles per million people | 177.77 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1550s | 7.38 book titles per million people | 255.78 book titles per million people | 248.41 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1560s | 7.39 book titles per million people | 229.7 book titles per million people | 222.31 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1570s | 6.59 book titles per million people | 174.4 book titles per million people | 167.8 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1580s | 7.27 book titles per million people | 134.09 book titles per million people | 126.82 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1590s | 7.05 book titles per million people | 84.68 book titles per million people | 77.63 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1600s | 10.14 book titles per million people | 65.95 book titles per million people | 55.81 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1610s | 11.52 book titles per million people | 67.99 book titles per million people | 56.47 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1620s | 13.91 book titles per million people | 52.35 book titles per million people | 38.44 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1630s | 14.02 book titles per million people | 32.89 book titles per million people | 18.87 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1640s | 15.3 book titles per million people | 23.72 book titles per million people | 8.41 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1650s | 15.88 book titles per million people | 25.63 book titles per million people | 9.75 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1660s | 17.2 book titles per million people | 38.67 book titles per million people | 21.47 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1670s | 19.11 book titles per million people | 37.52 book titles per million people | 18.41 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1680s | 20.17 book titles per million people | 42.36 book titles per million people | 22.19 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1690s | 21.86 book titles per million people | 24.17 book titles per million people | 2.31 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1700s | 20.89 book titles per million people | 14.92 book titles per million people | 5.97 book titles per million people | Spain |
| 1710s | 19.97 book titles per million people | 15.65 book titles per million people | 4.32 book titles per million people | Spain |
| 1720s | 21.02 book titles per million people | 16.49 book titles per million people | 4.53 book titles per million people | Spain |
| 1730s | 23.45 book titles per million people | 20.04 book titles per million people | 3.41 book titles per million people | Spain |
| 1740s | 23.69 book titles per million people | 31.89 book titles per million people | 8.2 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1750s | 23.34 book titles per million people | 36.94 book titles per million people | 13.6 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1760s | 27.86 book titles per million people | 58.23 book titles per million people | 30.37 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1770s | 29.3 book titles per million people | 56.17 book titles per million people | 26.87 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1780s | 34.32 book titles per million people | 78.78 book titles per million people | 44.47 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1790s | 32.29 book titles per million people | 56.66 book titles per million people | 24.37 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1800s | 28.13 book titles per million people | 31.91 book titles per million people | 3.79 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1930s | 49.13 book titles per million people | 481.48 book titles per million people | 432.35 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1940s | 144.79 book titles per million people | 760.85 book titles per million people | 616.06 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1950s | 158.25 book titles per million people | 773.65 book titles per million people | 615.39 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1960s | 482.85 book titles per million people | 878.45 book titles per million people | 395.6 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 644.49 book titles per million people | 1,124 book titles per million people | 479.09 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 880.82 book titles per million people | 1,284 book titles per million people | 403.26 book titles per million people | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 1,071 book titles per million people | 1,487 book titles per million people | 416.32 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, Spain or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 1,460 book titles per million people against 1,164 book titles per million people in Spain as of 2009.
- What is the difference in number of new book titles published per million people between Spain and Switzerland?
- 296 book titles per million people, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Switzerland?
- 360 years are reported by both, from 1500 to 1996.
- How do Spain and Switzerland rank globally for number of new book titles published per million people?
- Spain ranks 13th and Switzerland ranks 10th of 69 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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Number of new book titles published per year, per million inhabitants.