What is the difference in paper and paperboard — production, per capita between Costa Rica and United Kingdom?

0.0014 t per person, with Costa Rica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and United Kingdom?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

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.

Costa Rica vs United Kingdom: Paper and paperboard — Production, per capita

Costa Rica

0.0488 t per person

in 2024

United Kingdom

0.0474 t per person

in 2024

Costa Rica rank

34th

United Kingdom rank

35th

Paper and paperboard — Production, per capita over time

Costa Rica
United Kingdom

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.0488 t per person against 0.0474 t per person in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.0014 t per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 34th and United Kingdom ranks 35th of 125 countries.

United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0017 t per person	0.0811 t per person	0.0794 t per person	United Kingdom
1970s	0.0033 t per person	0.0768 t per person	0.0735 t per person	United Kingdom
1980s	0.0054 t per person	0.0667 t per person	0.0614 t per person	United Kingdom
1990s	0.0056 t per person	0.0998 t per person	0.0941 t per person	United Kingdom
2000s	0.0047 t per person	0.0969 t per person	0.0922 t per person	United Kingdom
2010s	0.0325 t per person	0.0636 t per person	0.031 t per person	United Kingdom
2020s	0.0492 t per person	0.0509 t per person	0.0016 t per person	United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher paper and paperboard — production, per capita, Costa Rica or United Kingdom?: Costa Rica, at 0.0488 t per person against 0.0474 t per person in United Kingdom as of 2024.
What is the difference in paper and paperboard — production, per capita between Costa Rica and United Kingdom?: 0.0014 t per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and United Kingdom?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and United Kingdom rank globally for paper and paperboard — production, per capita?: Costa Rica ranks 34th and United Kingdom ranks 35th 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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Indicator: Paper and paperboard — Production, per capita
Unit: t per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 126 places, 5,849 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

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.