World Book

World Book Index ranking

More information on the calculation of the World Book Index.

Rank	Country	Index
1	Iceland	86
2	Denmark	86
3	Israel	84
4	Finland	83
5	Lithuania	83
6	Netherlands	83
7	Switzerland	83
8	Luxembourg	82
9	Norway	82
10	Sweden	82
11	Australia	82
12	Austria	81
13	Ireland	81
14	Belgium	81
15	Slovenia	81
16	Czechia	81
17	New Zealand	79
18	Serbia	79
19	United Kingdom	79
20	United Arab Emirates	79
21	Croatia	79
22	Germany	79
23	Romania	78
24	Singapore	77
25	Italy	77
26	South Korea	77
27	Kuwait	77
28	Latvia	77
29	France	76
30	Costa Rica	76
31	Canada	76
32	United States	76
33	Poland	76
34	Estonia	76
35	Saudi Arabia	76
36	Malta	76
37	Qatar	76
38	Spain	76
39	Slovakia	76
40	Cyprus	75
41	Uruguay	75
42	Portugal	75
43	Hungary	75
44	Chile	75
45	Greece	75
46	Argentina	75
47	Panama	75
48	Japan	75
49	Bulgaria	74
50	Montenegro	74
51	Oman	73
52	Bahrain	73
53	Mexico	73
54	Bosnia and Herzegovina	72
55	Hong Kong	72
56	Moldova	72
57	Thailand	71
58	Kazakhstan	71
59	Russia	70
60	Georgia	70
61	Malaysia	70
62	North Macedonia	70
63	Paraguay	69
64	Albania	69
65	Trinidad and Tobago	69
66	Armenia	69
67	Belize	69
68	Peru	69
69	Brazil	69
70	Belarus	68
71	Ecuador	68
72	Dominican Republic	68
73	El Salvador	68
74	Nicaragua	68
75	China	68
76	Vietnam	67
77	Colombia	67
78	Suriname	67
79	Mauritius	67
80	Turkey	67
81	Ukraine	66
82	Uzbekistan	66
83	Bolivia	65
84	Philippines	65
85	Indonesia	65
86	Iran	64
87	Azerbaijan	64
88	Maldives	64
89	Mongolia	64
90	Libya	64
91	Guatemala	64
92	Algeria	63
93	Kyrgyzstan	63
94	Turkmenistan	63
95	South Africa	63
96	Venezuela	62
97	Gabon	62
98	Honduras	62
99	Tajikistan	60
100	Iraq	60
101	Bhutan	60
102	Morocco	60
103	Sri Lanka	59
104	Jordan	59
105	Tunisia	58
106	Republic of the Congo	58
107	Palestine	58
108	Namibia	57
109	Nepal	56
110	Egypt	56
111	Laos	56
112	Jamaica	56
113	Botswana	54
114	Kenya	53
115	India	53
116	Bangladesh	53
117	Eswatini	53
118	Cote d'Ivoire	53
119	Ghana	53
120	Cameroon	52
121	Cambodia	52
122	Democractic Republic of the Congo	52
123	Burma	51
124	Uganda	51
125	Lebanon	51
126	Senegal	50
127	Nigeria	50
128	Mozambique	50
129	Pakistan	49
130	Angola	49
131	Mauritania	49
132	Guinea	49
133	Gambia	48
134	Togo	48
135	Comoros	47
136	Liberia	47
137	Benin	47
138	Tanzania	47
139	Zambia	46
140	Zimbabwe	46
141	Haiti	46
142	Sudan	46
143	Syria	45
144	Madagascar	45
145	Burkina Faso	44
146	Lesotho	44
147	Malawi	42
148	Niger	42
149	Ethiopia	42
150	Chad	41
151	Somalia	41
152	Mali	41
153	Yemen	41
154	Burundi	40
155	Sierra Leone	39
156	Central African Republic	38
157	South Sudan	33
158	Afghanistan	33