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Education > Library books per 1000: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 Georgia 17,158.9 1999
2 Monaco 9,970.12 1999
3 Liechtenstein 5,274.51 1997
4 San Marino 4,166.67 1995
5 Iceland 3,028.87 1999
6 Armenia 2,213.12 1999
7 Luxembourg 1,858.41 1999
8 Estonia 1,660.87 1999
9 Lithuania 1,634.68 1999
10 Republic of Macedonia 1,481.78 1998
11 Bermuda 1,386.96 1999
12 Mongolia 1,377.12 1999
13 Singapore 1,369.09 1999
14 Slovakia 1,118.44 1999
15 Denmark 867.65 1999
16 Romania 847.05 1999
17 Hungary 737.85 1999
18 Moldova 731.01 1999
19 Slovenia 685.99 1999
20 Belarus 674.42 1995
21 Barbados 661.18 1995
22 Kyrgyzstan 650.16 1995
23 Croatia 550.14 1999
24 Czech Republic 544.86 1999
25 Israel 541.03 1995
26 Russia 503.26 1999
27 Belgium 491.1 1997
28 United Kingdom 475.44 1999
29 Azerbaijan 462.83 1999
30 Qatar 454.95 1995
31 Switzerland 435.23 1999
32 Germany 422.78 1998
33 Finland 416.23 1999
34 Norway 412.62 1999
35 United Arab Emirates 345.58 1999
36 Bulgaria 307.17 1999
37 Albania 287.39 1995
38 Cuba 270.23 1999
39 Portugal 263.84 1999
40 Kazakhstan 253.18 1999
41 Canada 236.2 2000
42 Italy 231.7 1998
43 Greece 223.36 1997
44 Costa Rica 214.65 1999
45 France 208.61 1997
46 Ireland 206.05 1997
47 Netherlands 169.09 1998
48 Jordan 168.3 1995
49 Venezuela 167.03 1995
50 Kuwait 148.48 1999
51 Spain 146.56 1998
52 Australia 135.07 1995
53 Andorra 124.84 1999
54 Dominican Republic 87.99 1995
55 Ukraine 82.99 1999
56 Cyprus 70.79 1999
57 Poland 70.63 1999
58 Sao Tome and Principe 62.85 1999
59 Japan 57.74 1999
60 South Korea 57.13 1995
61 Malaysia 53.46 1995
62 Oman 52.89 1999
63 Turkey 24.94 1999
64 Philippines 16.02 2000
65 Egypt 15.62 1998
66 Bolivia 15.02 1999
67 Ecuador 13.26 1995
68 Colombia 10.94 1999
69 Zimbabwe 8.12 1999
70 Iran 6.8 1995
71 Chile 6.6 1999
72 Mali 5.88 2000
73 Mexico 5.26 1999
74 Sierra Leone 4.96 1999
75 Togo 4.43 1995
76 The Gambia 1.63 2000
77 Benin 1.17 1995
78 Rwanda 0.152 1999
79 Bangladesh 0.117 1995
80 Burma 0.104 1996

Citation

Education > Library books per 1000: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Education > Library books per 1000

  • All of the top 4 countries by library books per 1000 are Christian.
  • 8 of the top 10 countries by library books per 1000 are Cold countries'.
  • 4 of the top 7 countries by library books per 1000 are Landlocked.
  • 2 of the top 4 countries by library books per 1000 are Catholic.
  • 2 of the top 4 countries by library books per 1000 are Densely populated.
  • 23 of the top 47 countries by library books per 1000 are NATO.
  • 21 of the top 47 countries by library books per 1000 are High income OECD.
  • Japan ranked last for library books per 1000 amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 1999.
  • 25 of the top 80 countries by library books per 1000 are Hot countries.
  • All of the bottom 2 countries by library books per 1000 are Former British Colonies'.
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