Spain is the country with the most expensive textbooks in europe with an average price of 22.15 euros per book, according to a study carried out by Idealo.es carried out in August 2023, as of lowest average price in the comparator of the online platform.
Despite the fact that Spain leads the European ranking with the most expensive manuals, both Italy and France follow closely. In the case of the Italians, they allocate about 21.54 euros for each book and, with respect to the French, the average price is around 20.94 euros per manual.
On the other hand, Germany is the country with the cheapest textbooks in Europe, since the average price barely reaches 16.98 euros, which is 30% less than in the Spanish case.
For all these reasons, according to the study, this return to the classroom will mean an expense of about 449 euros per child for families, which is 14% more than two years ago. Within this budget, the largest item is the one for the manuals of the main subjects, whose price exceeds 309 euros, 19% more than in 2021. The second largest expense is in stationery, with an average price of about 48 euro.
The online platform has also analyzed some alternatives that will allow families to reduce this budget. In this sense, the price comparator data reflects that the price of the digital manuals around 158 euros16% more than two years ago.