RankCountryImports of Children's picture/drawing/colouring books in USD (2010)
1United States$247,152,533
2Hong Kong$207,812,888
3France$56,645,563
4Canada$52,827,272
5United Kingdom$44,190,048
6Spain$36,691,652
7Germany$36,411,142
8Belgium$33,226,625
9Japan$30,109,728
10Italy$23,873,766
11Korea, South$20,383,354
12Netherlands$17,964,169
13Russia$14,359,249
14Nigeria$9,644,009
15Mexico$9,426,377
16Greece$9,242,505
17Switzerland$9,191,596
18Sweden$8,378,696
19Poland$7,572,095
20Slovenia$7,165,930
21Australia$6,595,988
22Serbia$6,312,364
23Ireland$5,874,806
24Denmark$5,734,388
25Romania$5,125,911
26Norway$5,077,008
27Portugal$5,055,551
28Austria$5,046,308
29Malaysia$4,970,669
30Brazil$4,962,255
31Czech Republic$4,912,584
32Thailand$2,886,870
33Slovakia$2,864,496
34South Africa$2,817,634
35Finland$2,759,905
36Singapore$2,168,017
37Turkey$2,164,966
38China$2,103,631
39Hungary$1,682,000
40Croatia$1,644,844
41Luxembourg$1,606,544
42Peru$1,507,482
43Pakistan$1,282,127
44Argentina$1,234,350
45Bulgaria$990,013
46Venezuela$979,500
47Ukraine$960,619
48New Zealand$940,873
49Bosnia and Herzegovina$939,981
50Israel$910,000
51Chile$898,432
52Belarus$889,800
53El Salvador$846,568
54Lebanon$635,625
55Guatemala$612,299
56Costa Rica$587,500
57Latvia$502,725
58Trinidad and Tobago$498,974
59Lithuania$493,718
60India$490,472
61Saudi Arabia$486,401
62Panama$480,408
63Paraguay$470,851
64Montenegro$466,652
65Ecuador$432,046
66Colombia$412,558
67Estonia$409,060
68Cyprus$374,171
69Jordan$360,155
70Guyana$310,738
71Mali$278,288
72Indonesia$274,555
73New Caledonia$234,989
74Jamaica$206,399
75Algeria$194,779
76Bolivia$187,974
77Malta$183,415
78Mauritius$149,510
79Aruba$147,866
80Iceland$147,300
81Moldova$146,092
82French Polynesia$125,510
83Bahamas, The$113,040
84Belize$112,727
85Morocco$111,463
86Albania$111,406
87Zambia$107,244
88Dominican Republic$106,837
89Suriname$105,985
90Nicaragua$94,952
91Georgia$90,640
92Kenya$90,362
93Zimbabwe$88,785
94Botswana$88,310
95Barbados$86,332
96Malawi$81,013
97Macau$78,855
98Tunisia$75,085
99Philippines$67,853
100Egypt$66,169
101Ghana$62,797
102Sri Lanka$57,069
103Mozambique$53,221
104Madagascar$52,520
105Fiji$49,758
106Armenia$41,636
107Kyrgyzstan$40,719
108Qatar$39,028
109Bermuda$38,626
110Vietnam$37,900
111Senegal$36,998
112Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$28,823
113Nepal$28,625
114Bahrain$28,014
115Tanzania$27,771
116Azerbaijan$23,217
117Antigua and Barbuda$21,727
118Maldives$20,185
119Burundi$18,278
120Uganda$18,253
121Cameroon$17,148
122Oman$16,697
123Cambodia$14,042
124Cape Verde$13,371
125Cote d'Ivoire$12,564
126Benin$10,693
127Syria$10,086
128Dominica$9,659
129Gambia, The$3,831
130Burkina Faso$2,940
131Niger$2,908
132Togo$2,755
133Samoa$1,477
134Ethiopia$1,224
135Tonga$1,185
136Sao Tome and Principe$652
137Yemen$464
138Bhutan$226
139Iran$90
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$39,381$44,860$45,135$67,050$57,067$111,406$185,542
Algeria$37,741$363,504$288,791$70,511$240,440$194,779$604,594
Anguilla $9,270$3,436$5,592   
Antigua and Barbuda$13,130$15,430$32,616 $20,259$21,727$54,600
Argentina$594,021$968,943$1,158,122$1,534,267$1,454,538$1,234,350$3,646,286
Armenia$6,323$12,718$28,820$19,309$33,048$41,636$44,805
Aruba$34,441   $66,843$147,866$104,421
Australia$3,436,450$3,680,100$5,949,446$6,517,628$6,985,133$6,595,988$10,217,674
Austria$4,916,294$4,772,871$6,369,727$7,538,877$6,618,905$5,046,308 
Azerbaijan$4,049$316$24,459$31,842$11,780$23,217$488,153
Bahamas, The$338,109$144,810$91,560$100,562$80,910$113,040$81,176
Bahrain$52,659$74,620$93,048$69,702$45,308$28,014$21,239
Bangladesh$115,445$112,925$21,237    
Barbados$87,254$52,928$82,463$95,687$87,541$86,332$80,734
Belarus$127,000$263,200$517,600$746,300$796,400$889,800$679,500
Belgium$22,261,661$23,559,446$26,959,468$34,203,828$31,627,347$33,226,625$36,064,180
Belize$62,988$76,020$125,017$130,461$134,854$112,727 
Benin$1,716$547   $10,693 
Bermuda     $38,626 
Bhutan$141$193$17$1,077$324$226 
Bolivia$34,607$65,703$77,337$67,410$69,392$187,974$178,336
Bosnia and Herzegovina$409,943$378,168$496,333$376,443$770,301$939,981$653,329
Botswana$23,235$19,120$46,213$52,155$86,189$88,310$63,054
Brazil$53,969$103,430$114,728$1,824,220$3,969,406$4,962,255$8,355,730
Brunei $92,120     
Bulgaria$151,123$466,469$478,495$1,279,408$818,887$990,013$830,193
Burkina Faso$8,018 $15,015$1,966$12,054$2,940 
Burundi$318$2,253$1,349$1,425$12,806$18,278 
Cambodia$12,788$12,983$5,776$72,752$142,600$14,042 
Cameroon$48,587$100,733$52,846$80,466$31,882$17,148 
Canada$31,540,585$34,098,131$46,431,584$60,571,749$56,701,620$52,827,272$48,731,723
Cape Verde$5,902$4,074$3,243$10,344$4,474$13,371$38,045
Central African Republic  $20,123    
Chile$208,178$526,286$480,478$735,332$397,772$898,432$911,819
China$453,939$1,123,387$3,396,174$1,284,576$1,374,426$2,103,631$1,532,025
Colombia$370,406$292,822$564,095$829,712$572,565$412,558$613,287
Comoros$505$2,923$2,236    
Cook Islands$2,094 $1,341    
Costa Rica$247,705$305,403$334,406$304,711$217,648$587,500$836,720
Cote d'Ivoire$26,098$26,952$28,448$12,196$9,169$12,564$166,786
Croatia$1,199,852$1,701,714$1,834,603$2,396,525$2,532,408$1,644,844$2,527,522
Cuba$25,966$111,312     
Cyprus$161,625$225,687$234,775$276,382$294,488$374,171$111,292
Czech Republic$1,515,046$2,248,457$3,250,446$3,757,781$3,910,985$4,912,584$5,182,276
Denmark$2,209,044$2,395,942$2,884,761$5,139,471$4,174,609$5,734,388$6,112,229
Djibouti    $3,787  
Dominica$4,459$7,883$6,560$18,828$9,429$9,659 
Dominican Republic$123,607$61,425$107,487$469,997$469,570$106,837$164,756
East Timor$371      
Ecuador$171,714$287,226$231,877$321,836$253,163$432,046$453,655
Egypt$15,547$98,595$5,160$118,399$146,795$66,169$136,054
El Salvador$523,380$854,428$628,707$1,011,969$1,320,539$846,568 
Estonia$195,346$225,750$465,214$479,680$493,000$409,060$834,130
Ethiopia$32,819$51$12,185$23,240$139$1,224$2,734
Faroe Islands$24,137$19,261$24,775$33,045$63,981  
Fiji$123,544$153,841$24,581$37,223$38,516$49,758 
Finland$1,799,668$2,113,234$3,055,832$3,041,855$3,030,235$2,759,905$4,990,236
France$18,712,621$19,095,626$38,392,275$58,195,491$54,141,419$56,645,563$48,160,023
French Polynesia$94,760$197,702$155,316$232,700$146,235$125,510$139,362
Gabon$7,259$2,279$9,504$17,482$10,197  
Gambia, The$4,511$2,815$26,299$22,110 $3,831$6,006
Georgia$24,635$27,746$75,468$153,838$175,473$90,640 
Germany$16,756,000$17,121,000$19,801,000$24,647,000$26,550,000$36,411,142$51,397,088
Ghana$19,429$111,040$92,301$109,259$115,211$62,797$132,086
Greece$4,899,899$3,926,178$4,314,076$6,442,617$7,804,828$9,242,505$4,790,956
Greenland$10,392$6,281$7,505    
Grenada$44,956$16,771$20,075$36,209$19,966  
Guatemala$465,960$676,033$1,795,518$1,832,369$938,026$612,299$855,140
Guinea$22,598$12,536$179,147$116,503   
Guinea-Bissau$4,132      
Guyana$35,728$75,738$57,931$125,239$96,926$310,738$592,364
Honduras$194,756$193,570$233,646 $232,525  
Hong Kong$97,255,182$101,553,300$162,956,280$177,855,547$138,508,539$207,812,888$352,971,179
Hungary$2,397,000$2,958,000$3,106,000$4,147,000$2,571,000$1,682,000$2,395,000
Iceland$116,703$153,055$146,932$122,514$150,546$147,300$159,007
India$45,068$93,733$125,349$283,058$324,562$490,472$579,787
Indonesia$913,217$234,355$259,178$657,592$745,677$274,555$63,591
Iran$73,070$3,520   $90 
Ireland$6,890,988$8,273,392$9,895,441$8,650,704$6,544,237$5,874,806$6,545,340
Israel$981,000$822,000$882,000$729,000$581,000$910,000$1,666,000
Italy$5,709,471$7,865,899$12,725,668$18,695,345$16,855,311$23,873,766$28,582,736
Jamaica$199,434$196,302$120,831$242,008$306,859$206,399 
Japan$36,935,639$39,174,145$43,107,014$37,314,398$29,989,747$30,109,728$36,607,222
Jordan$682,673$325,356$168,210$446,919$298,853$360,155$437,978
Kazakhstan$572,594$727,390$682,471$1,656,876$1,072,952  
Kenya$57,835$29,496$82,981$44,982$116,940$90,362 
Kiribati$1,169   $1,185  
Korea, South$10,292,808$14,584,185$22,730,916$20,283,520$15,926,125$20,383,354$27,458,917
Kuwait $230,796$230,886$137,776   
Kyrgyzstan$3,830$22,018$19,721$24,252$41,424$40,719$35,254
Latvia$328,154$476,428$724,014$933,654$565,540$502,725$526,079
Lebanon$112,000$183,034$406,311$576,066$839,189$635,625$863,513
Lesotho   $6,602   
Lithuania$455,962$508,401$788,545$505,111$610,354$493,718$668,503
Luxembourg$993,715$804,583$821,157$1,279,378$1,381,406$1,606,544$1,728,075
Macau$74,221$66,403$68,677$40,827$57,608$78,855$87,699
Macedonia$179,790$387,330$302,954$450,936$635,578 $417,017
Madagascar$11,711$37,805$115,137$71,427$46,296$52,520 
Malawi$9,644$7,998$12,918$22,786$462,700$81,013$141,139
Malaysia$606,915$601,653$745,323$1,762,237$3,011,650$4,970,669$3,594,574
Maldives$31,984$27,807$23,620$24,799$22,874$20,185$33,763
Mali$5,083$5,662$25,957$4,266 $278,288 
Malta$88,292$84,492$125,351$294,367$276,923$183,415 
Mauritania      $922
Mauritius$37,985$45,119$87,184$109,527$133,308$149,510$143,717
Mayotte$7,026$13,530$20,742$28,156$11,679  
Mexico$4,949,273$8,161,638$8,427,883$6,896,059$6,455,171$9,426,377$11,990,533
Moldova$95,806$119,680$132,320$122,106$263,132$146,092$185,269
Mongolia$7,475$14,652$13,704    
Montenegro $80,663$67,061$183,521$166,467$466,652$732,499
Montserrat$143$741$753$797$461  
Morocco$23,569$729,481$95,147$149,136$80,564$111,463 
Mozambique$45,156$34,177$19,555$30,762$46,597$53,221$234,000
Namibia$25,432$61,337$78,611$59,404   
Nepal    $2,090$28,625 
Netherlands$15,549,570$15,370,810$14,702,464$16,559,044$17,777,660$17,964,169 
Netherlands Antilles$9,964$7,078$14,441$27,955   
New Caledonia$205,645$37,822$108,290$324,055$282,597$234,989$520,284
New Zealand$813,997$514,151$588,317$1,010,002$619,160$940,873$1,144,441
Nicaragua$110,670$44,755$93,166$68,273$92,577$94,952$123,527
Niger$1,581$723$1,826$24,781$2,551$2,908$4,268
Nigeria $4,739,810$507,050$2,827,110$6,149,878$9,644,009 
Norway$3,631,729$2,990,661$4,925,106$4,902,385$5,149,876$5,077,008$7,972,313
Oman$30,999$89,285$5,904$12,949$24,341$16,697 
Pakistan$14,674$182,513$154,843$13,434$1,092,958$1,282,127$1,600,732
Panama$97,827$219,637$246,107$456,683$304,058$480,408$3,518,081
Paraguay$47,476$78,431$245,424$340,470$341,652$470,851$672,023
Peru$238,189$216,561$1,301,097$1,016,123$383,754$1,507,482$1,264,353
Philippines$41,633$83,233$146,437$32,192$97,044$67,853$141,650
Poland$1,029,248$1,921,013$3,501,155$8,662,435$5,979,801$7,572,095$6,275,886
Portugal$2,539,947$2,450,089$3,352,967$3,703,003$3,233,362$5,055,551$6,791,042
Qatar$88,341$31,983$113,415$52,129 $39,028 
Romania$881,767$1,255,602$1,900,993$5,999,872$5,266,690$5,125,911$1,878,215
Russia$3,355,846$4,085,374$7,158,230$16,587,874$11,193,526$14,359,249$17,760,515
Rwanda$16,951$9,112$5,069$277,614$9,019 $9,107
Saint Kitts and Nevis$2,933$8,170$11,695$6,411   
Saint Lucia$20,909$34,508$34,847$35,491   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$15,754$13,226$16,664$13,459$24,816$28,823 
Samoa$3,027$11,998$2,659$7,127$28,381$1,477$15,976
Sao Tome and Principe$2,019$1,097$1,187$2,053$347$652 
Saudi Arabia$364,335$310,513$437,457  $486,401 
Senegal$990,189$10,357$50,658$17,243$36,032$36,998$97,919
Serbia$1,238,948$1,655,640$1,769,710$2,782,689$2,459,991$6,312,364$1,929,407
Seychelles$7,493$9,786$22,276$8,707   
Singapore$4,551,254$3,024,519$3,450,606$2,808,793$1,936,565$2,168,017$2,579,615
Slovakia$365,806$818,768$1,049,644$1,000,810$870,985$2,864,496$2,127,850
Slovenia$1,682,631$2,747,134$2,370,551$4,206,703$2,555,331$7,165,930$3,663,849
South Africa$1,574,428$2,095,674$2,516,353$2,868,228$2,049,345$2,817,634$3,644,502
Spain$6,250,223$11,074,534$19,289,172$25,679,329$25,740,201$36,691,652 
Sri Lanka$15,903$4,748$58,017$25,685$12,550$57,069$34,532
Sudan$1,346$1,364$3,143$8,679$14,712  
Suriname$103,045$99,187$162,471$101,530$92,003$105,985$122,876
Swaziland$728,535$592,382$42,988    
Sweden$4,003,911$4,269,008$4,214,942$7,432,318$8,475,295$8,378,696$8,696,905
Switzerland$4,418,646$6,347,997$7,074,874$8,810,973$8,684,577$9,191,596$8,907,004
Syria $124,828$147,637$140,637 $10,086 
Tanzania$57,953$8,646$36,287$33,586$30,083$27,771$44,016
Thailand$2,003,627$2,220,333$2,145,517$1,596,602$1,639,457$2,886,870$4,267,770
Togo$544 $12,812  $2,755$4,119
Tonga$2,703$758$2,968$15,311$1,282$1,185 
Trinidad and Tobago$265,352$230,714$273,108$521,260$472,118$498,974 
Tunisia$23,158$4,442$33,896$29,250$28,722$75,085 
Turkey$575,886$902,428$1,363,244$1,155,898$1,466,995$2,164,966$2,991,649
Tuvalu $448 $709   
Uganda$17,118$6,871$266,124$9,725$18,520$18,253 
Ukraine$102,464$134,461$420,323$1,085,543$1,377,019$960,619$1,560,011
United Arab Emirates$259,572 $3,028,628$474,968   
United Kingdom$41,867,819$37,111,148$28,194,395$44,826,436$43,780,394$44,190,048$35,840,434
United States$286,968,549$264,279,237$279,560,633$274,731,382$235,608,437$247,152,533$243,969,621
Uruguay$26,139$19,706$37,773$39,090$114,645  
Vanuatu $11,595$22,924    
Venezuela$345,504$585,298$1,734,104$2,181,068$1,426,752$979,500$947,327
Vietnam$732$2,488$63,371$9,515$80,619$37,900 
Wallis and Futuna$4,440$73     
Yemen$1,356$64$53,699 $4,580$464$16,555
Zambia$19,963$49,007$252,898$173,465$72,419$107,244 
Zimbabwe$43,871$34,500$25,198$45,282$103,815$88,785