Canada vs United States: Paper and paperboard — Production, per capita
Canada
0.2024 t per person
in 2024
United States
0.1837 t per person
in 2024
Canada rank
6th
United States rank
8th
Paper and paperboard — Production, per capita over time
- Canada
- United States
How they compare
Canada currently reports 0.2024 t per person against 0.1837 t per person in United States, a difference of 0.0187 t per person.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times United States's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 6th and United States ranks 8th of 125 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4817 t per person | 0.1957 t per person | 0.286 t per person | Canada |
| 1970s | 0.5278 t per person | 0.2379 t per person | 0.2899 t per person | Canada |
| 1980s | 0.5739 t per person | 0.2624 t per person | 0.3115 t per person | Canada |
| 1990s | 0.6268 t per person | 0.3063 t per person | 0.3206 t per person | Canada |
| 2000s | 0.578 t per person | 0.2775 t per person | 0.3006 t per person | Canada |
| 2010s | 0.3021 t per person | 0.2272 t per person | 0.0749 t per person | Canada |
| 2020s | 0.2221 t per person | 0.1925 t per person | 0.0296 t per person | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher paper and paperboard — production, per capita, Canada or United States?
- Canada, at 0.2024 t per person against 0.1837 t per person in United States as of 2024.
- What is the difference in paper and paperboard — production, per capita between Canada and United States?
- 0.0187 t per person, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and United States?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Canada and United States rank globally for paper and paperboard — production, per capita?
- Canada ranks 6th and United States ranks 8th of 125 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Paper and paperboard — Production, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Paper and paperboard — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.