China vs Japan: Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre
China
2.92 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan
2.85 t per square kilometre
in 2023
China rank
13th
Japan rank
14th
Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre over time
- China
- Japan
How they compare
China currently reports 2.92 t per square kilometre against 2.85 t per square kilometre in Japan, a difference of 0.07 t per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Japan ahead.
China ranks 13th and Japan ranks 14th of 171 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0143 t per square kilometre | 1.74 t per square kilometre | 1.72 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.0221 t per square kilometre | 2.2 t per square kilometre | 2.18 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.0758 t per square kilometre | 4.76 t per square kilometre | 4.68 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.1723 t per square kilometre | 7.03 t per square kilometre | 6.86 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.7262 t per square kilometre | 5.15 t per square kilometre | 4.43 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2010s | 1.73 t per square kilometre | 4.06 t per square kilometre | 2.33 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2020s | 2.58 t per square kilometre | 3.52 t per square kilometre | 0.9387 t per square kilometre | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher chemical wood pulp — import quantity, per square kilometre, China or Japan?
- China, at 2.92 t per square kilometre against 2.85 t per square kilometre in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in chemical wood pulp — import quantity, per square kilometre between China and Japan?
- 0.07 t per square kilometre, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Japan?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2023.
- How do China and Japan rank globally for chemical wood pulp — import quantity, per square kilometre?
- China ranks 13th and Japan ranks 14th of 171 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.