{
  "id": "books-published-by-country",
  "name": "Books Published by Country and Year",
  "title": "Books Published by Country and Year",
  "description": "130 records of book publication output by country and year, showing global literary production volumes.",
  "category": "entertainment",
  "source": "https://github.com/sharmadhiraj/free-json-datasets",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/sharmadhiraj/free-json-datasets",
  "updated": "2026-04",
  "record_count": 130,
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "rank",
      "label": "Rank",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "country",
      "label": "Country",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "year",
      "label": "Year",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "titles",
      "label": "Titles",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "notes",
      "label": "Notes",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "rank": "1",
      "country": "United States",
      "year": "2013",
      "titles": "275,232",
      "notes": "New titles and re-editions"
    },
    {
      "rank": "2",
      "country": "China",
      "year": "2013",
      "titles": "208,418",
      "notes": "New titles and re-editions"
    },
    {
      "rank": "3",
      "country": "United Kingdom",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "188,000",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "4",
      "country": "Japan",
      "year": "2017",
      "titles": "139,078",
      "notes": "New titles and re-editions"
    },
    {
      "rank": "5",
      "country": "Indonesia",
      "year": "2020",
      "titles": "135,081",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "6",
      "country": "Russia",
      "year": "2019",
      "titles": "115,171",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "7",
      "country": "Iran",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "102,691",
      "notes": "New and revised"
    },
    {
      "rank": "8",
      "country": "France",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "106,799",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "9",
      "country": "India",
      "year": "2013",
      "titles": "90,000",
      "notes": "Total; revised editions not included; 26% in Hindi, 24% in English, and the rest in other Indian languages"
    },
    {
      "rank": "10",
      "country": "Spain",
      "year": "2017",
      "titles": "89,962",
      "notes": "New titles and re-editions (ediciones y reimpresiones)"
    },
    {
      "rank": "10",
      "country": "Germany",
      "year": "2022",
      "titles": "71,524",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "11",
      "country": "Turkey",
      "year": "2019",
      "titles": "75,667",
      "notes": "New titles and re-editions (\"Derlenen Kitap Sayısı\")"
    },
    {
      "rank": "12",
      "country": "South Korea",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "63,476",
      "notes": "New"
    },
    {
      "rank": "13",
      "country": "Italy",
      "year": "2013",
      "titles": "61,966",
      "notes": "New"
    },
    {
      "rank": "14",
      "country": "Brazil",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "46,829",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "15",
      "country": "Australia",
      "year": "2014",
      "titles": "28,234",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "16",
      "country": "Taiwan",
      "year": "2010",
      "titles": "28,084",
      "notes": "43,258 total"
    },
    {
      "rank": "17",
      "country": "Argentina",
      "year": "2014",
      "titles": "28,010",
      "notes": "New"
    },
    {
      "rank": "18",
      "country": "Vietnam",
      "year": "2009",
      "titles": "24,589",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "19",
      "country": "Ukraine",
      "year": "2019",
      "titles": "24,416",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "20",
      "country": "Poland",
      "year": "2015",
      "titles": "21,130",
      "notes": "34,920 total"
    },
    {
      "rank": "21",
      "country": "Czech Republic",
      "year": "2019",
      "titles": "17,330",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "22",
      "country": "Colombia",
      "year": "2017",
      "titles": "17,066",
      "notes": "18,508 total"
    },
    {
      "rank": "23",
      "country": "Netherlands",
      "year": "2014",
      "titles": "16,502",
      "notes": "Only physical Dutch new titles"
    },
    {
      "rank": "24",
      "country": "Malaysia",
      "year": "2015",
      "titles": "15,354",
      "notes": "Declined since 2013 at 19,987"
    },
    {
      "rank": "25",
      "country": "Romania",
      "year": "2008",
      "titles": "14,984",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "26",
      "country": "Canada",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "14,625",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "27",
      "country": "Hong Kong",
      "year": "2005",
      "titles": "14,603",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "28",
      "country": "Belgium",
      "year": "1991",
      "titles": "13,913",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "29",
      "country": "Finland",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "9,368",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "30",
      "country": "Thailand",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "6,750",
      "notes": "Only trade sector data; educational sector data not available"
    },
    {
      "rank": "31",
      "country": "Belarus",
      "year": "2020",
      "titles": "8,205",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "32",
      "country": "Denmark",
      "year": "2020",
      "titles": "13,096",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "33",
      "country": "Switzerland",
      "year": "2001",
      "titles": "12,156",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "34",
      "country": "Singapore",
      "year": "2007",
      "titles": "12,000+",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "35",
      "country": "Egypt",
      "year": "2010",
      "titles": "12,000",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "36",
      "country": "Serbia",
      "year": "2019",
      "titles": "11,897",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "37",
      "country": "Hungary",
      "year": "2012",
      "titles": "11,645",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "38",
      "country": "Norway",
      "year": "2015",
      "titles": "10,204",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "39",
      "country": "Bulgaria",
      "year": "2017",
      "titles": "10,068",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "40",
      "country": "Slovakia",
      "year": "2006",
      "titles": "9,400",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "41",
      "country": "Israel",
      "year": "2013",
      "titles": "8,411",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "42",
      "country": "Austria",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "8,056",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "43",
      "country": "Portugal",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "7,868",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "44",
      "country": "Mexico",
      "year": "2012",
      "titles": "7,521",
      "notes": "23,948 total"
    },
    {
      "rank": "45",
      "country": "Greece",
      "year": "2002",
      "titles": "6,826",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "46",
      "country": "Chile",
      "year": "2012",
      "titles": "5,641",
      "notes": "6,045 total"
    },
    {
      "rank": "47",
      "country": "South Africa",
      "year": "1995",
      "titles": "5,418",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "48",
      "country": "Sri Lanka",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "4,115",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "49",
      "country": "Peru",
      "year": "2006",
      "titles": "4,101",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "50",
      "country": "Sweden",
      "year": "2010",
      "titles": "4,074",
      "notes": "30,857 total"
    },
    {
      "rank": "51",
      "country": "Algeria",
      "year": "2008",
      "titles": "3,955",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "52",
      "country": "Estonia",
      "year": "2017",
      "titles": "3,916",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "53",
      "country": "Saudi Arabia",
      "year": "2014",
      "titles": "2,387",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "54",
      "country": "Pakistan",
      "year": "2012",
      "titles": "3,811",
      "notes": "Total; 2,943 in Urdu and 868 in English"
    },
    {
      "rank": "55",
      "country": "Lebanon",
      "year": "2005",
      "titles": "3,686",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "56",
      "country": "Morocco",
      "year": "2018/2019",
      "titles": "3,677",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "57",
      "country": "Myanmar",
      "year": "1993",
      "titles": "3,660",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "58",
      "country": "New Zealand",
      "year": "2003",
      "titles": "3,600",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "59",
      "country": "Ecuador",
      "year": "2010",
      "titles": "2,854",
      "notes": "4,164 total"
    },
    {
      "rank": "60",
      "country": "Afghanistan",
      "year": "1990",
      "titles": "2,795",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "61",
      "country": "Venezuela",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "2,275",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "62",
      "country": "Luxembourg",
      "year": "2001",
      "titles": "2,000",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "63",
      "country": "Lithuania",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "3,075",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "63",
      "country": "Latvia",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "2,910",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "64",
      "country": "Philippines",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "1,507",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "65",
      "country": "Cuba",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "992",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "66",
      "country": "Iceland",
      "year": "2019",
      "titles": "1,767",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "67",
      "country": "Costa Rica",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "2,158",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "68",
      "country": "Nigeria",
      "year": "1991",
      "titles": "1,314",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "69",
      "country": "Kazakhstan",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "1,226",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "70",
      "country": "Syria",
      "year": "2004",
      "titles": "1,138",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "71",
      "country": "Uzbekistan",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "1,003",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "72",
      "country": "Eritrea",
      "year": "2015",
      "titles": "970",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "73",
      "country": "Cyprus",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "930",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "74",
      "country": "Tunisia",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "720",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "75",
      "country": "Dominican Republic",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "1,866",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "76",
      "country": "Uruguay",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "3,231",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "77",
      "country": "Bolivia",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "1,578",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "78",
      "country": "Georgia",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "581",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "79",
      "country": "Azerbaijan",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "542",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "80",
      "country": "Jordan",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "511",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "81",
      "country": "Panama",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "940",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "82",
      "country": "Turkmenistan",
      "year": "1994",
      "titles": "450",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "83",
      "country": "Guatemala",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "1,042",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "84",
      "country": "Kyrgyzstan",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "1,455",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "85",
      "country": "Malta",
      "year": "1995",
      "titles": "404",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "86",
      "country": "Fiji",
      "year": "1994",
      "titles": "401",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "87",
      "country": "Armenia",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "396",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "88",
      "country": "Paraguay",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "1,007",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "89",
      "country": "Albania",
      "year": "1991",
      "titles": "390",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "90",
      "country": "Nicaragua",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "27",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "91",
      "country": "Kenya",
      "year": "1994",
      "titles": "300",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "92",
      "country": "United Arab Emirates",
      "year": "1993",
      "titles": "293",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "93",
      "country": "Honduras",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "102",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "94",
      "country": "Uganda",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "288",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "95",
      "country": "Mongolia",
      "year": "1992",
      "titles": "285",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "96",
      "country": "El Salvador",
      "year": "2018",
      "titles": "661",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "97",
      "country": "Ethiopia",
      "year": "1991",
      "titles": "240",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "98",
      "country": "Zimbabwe",
      "year": "1992",
      "titles": "232",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "99",
      "country": "Vatican City",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "228",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "100",
      "country": "Qatar",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "209",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "101",
      "country": "Kuwait",
      "year": "1992",
      "titles": "196",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "102",
      "country": "Tanzania",
      "year": "1990",
      "titles": "172",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "103",
      "country": "Botswana",
      "year": "1991",
      "titles": "158",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "104",
      "country": "Tajikistan",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "132",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "105",
      "country": "Papua New Guinea",
      "year": "1991",
      "titles": "122",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "106",
      "country": "Madagascar",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "119",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "107",
      "country": "Malawi",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "117",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "108",
      "country": "Palestine",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "114",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "109",
      "country": "Namibia",
      "year": "1990",
      "titles": "106",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "110",
      "country": "Brunei",
      "year": "2009",
      "titles": "91",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "111",
      "country": "Laos",
      "year": "1995",
      "titles": "88",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "112",
      "country": "Benin",
      "year": "1994",
      "titles": "84",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "113",
      "country": "Mauritius",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "80",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "114",
      "country": "Réunion",
      "year": "1992",
      "titles": "69",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "115",
      "country": "Democratic Republic of the Congo",
      "year": "1992",
      "titles": "64",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "116",
      "country": "Andorra",
      "year": "1994",
      "titles": "57",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "117",
      "country": "Suriname",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "47",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "117",
      "country": "American Samoa",
      "year": "1980",
      "titles": "46",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "118",
      "country": "Guyana",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "42",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "119",
      "country": "Monaco",
      "year": "1990",
      "titles": "41",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "120",
      "country": "Bahrain",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "40",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "121",
      "country": "Ghana",
      "year": "1992",
      "titles": "28",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "122",
      "country": "Libya",
      "year": "1994",
      "titles": "26",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "123",
      "country": "Angola",
      "year": "1995",
      "titles": "22",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "124",
      "country": "Mali",
      "year": "1995",
      "titles": "14",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "125",
      "country": "Gambia",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "14",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "126",
      "country": "Burkina Faso",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "12",
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": "127",
      "country": "Oman",
      "year": "1996",
      "titles": "7",
      "notes": ""
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "title": "Books Published by Country and Year - Free Download",
    "description": "130 records of book publication output by country and year, showing global literary production volumes. Contains 130 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "seo_title": "Books Published by Country and Year | ListBase",
    "seo_description": "Download Books Published by Country and Year — 130 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "key_takeaways": [
      "Contains 130 records / 5 fields",
      "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats",
      "Data sourced from: https://github.com/sharmadhiraj/free-json-datasets"
    ]
  }
}