The World Culture Score Index conducted a global study to measure the amount of time that people around the world spend reading on a weekly basis. Being a writer, I have more than two years to closely monitor statistics on how many books people around the world read. What I have noticed is that the statistics are almost the same in the last three years. Although much is being written on this topic, the numbers are almost unchanged since 2017. Referring to data from WorldAtlas, United States is far, far down the list of the countries who read the most. According to the data, Americans read an average of 5 hours 42 minutes per person per week.
The World Culture Score Index conducted a global study to measure the amount of time that people around the world spend reading on a weekly basis. India topped the list with its citizens reporting an average of 10 hours and 42 minutes a week spent reading. Some other studies reflected in the British newspaper The Independent shows that many readers in India are first-generation English readers. Thailand is second with a time of 9 hours and 24 minutes on average per week, followed by China with 8 hours on average.
Philippines and Egypt rank in fourth and fifth place, followed by the Czech Republic, Sweden, France, and Hungary. About American reading habits, The Pew Research Center shows that roughly 72 percent of American adults read a book in 2015. According to the study, women tend to read more than men. The Pew Research Center shows that about 77 percent of American women read a book in 2015, compared with 67 percent of American guys. Also, the average woman read 14 books in a 12-month span, while the average man read-only 9.
Referring to the British newspaper The Independent, it was found that students read for pleasure about 20 minutes a day. There is a lack of statistics on how many books people read around the world. The Independent refers to some statistics made 12 years ago, where it was found that a little over 70 percent of people read. 50 percent read books, where 58 percent read newspapers, and 46 percent read magazines. 7 percent read text online. Townspeople are slightly more likely to read than urban people in China. On average, 15 minutes a day are spent reading books, 21 minutes reading newspapers and 16 minutes reading magazines.
Children are priceless, but they’re not cheap Americans spend around $15,114 every year to raise a child. Europeans spend less than $9195 on a child per year, Asian countries spend around $12.500, and Australians pay $8840, while in the African continent, parents spend around $660 per child in a year.
Having kids is a major financial decision. In the United States, middle-income parents will spend an average of $272,049 by the time a child turns 18. The stats come from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which has been tracking the cost of raising a child since 1960. The costs of raising a child are going up year by year. The average parent in the U.S. during the 1980s paid $85,000 to bring a child from birth to age 18. In 2015, Americans paid $233.610 for a single child from age 0-18. With an annual adjustment for inflation of 2.2% each year factored in, the lifetime cost of raising a child born in 2022 is estimated at $272,049. Hawaii, Maryland, Alaska, Connecticut, Colorado, and Virginia are the states with the highest basics cost to raise a child in United States.
