France CPI basket weight: books
France CPI basket weight: books stood at 31 Per 10,000 of total in 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the CPI weights table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1996 to 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the CPI weights table
| Indicator | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classes | |||||||||||
| COICOP classification: 09.7.1 - Books (SD) | 31 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 35 | |
| COICOP classification: 09.7.2 - Newspapers and periodicals (ND) | 29 | 30 | 32 | 44 | 44 | 47 | 52 | 54 | 60 | 62 |
Understanding france CPI basket weight: books
Household expenditure proportions allocated to purchasing printed and bound reading material are measured by this index. The inclusion criteria cover novels, textbooks, non-fiction publications, children's literature, and digital download equivalents of bound volumes. Excluded from this coverage are daily newspapers, recurring magazines, stationery supplies, and public library borrowing fees. This indicator differs from sibling print media measures by focusing on long-form, non-periodical literature rather than daily or weekly news items.
Seasonality often influences this series around academic terms and major gift-giving periods, requiring careful interpretation of sub-annual data points if compared across quarters. Revisions to the weighting emerge during major basket rebasings when consumer migration toward digital reading formats is formally incorporated into the household expenditure survey. Analysts should avoid direct comparisons with daily news subscriptions, as reading habits for books follow distinct structural trends separate from periodical consumption.
Frequently asked questions
- Are e-books included in the books classification?
- Yes, digital editions and downloadable books are incorporated alongside physical bound volumes.
- Does this category include newspapers and magazines?
- No, periodicals and daily newspapers are tracked under a separate sibling classification.
- Why do weights for books experience periodic adjustments?
- Rebasings capture shifts in consumer spending between physical bookstores, online retailers, and digital formats.