What is the difference in paper and paperboard — production, per capita between Portugal and United States?

0.0072 t per person, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and United States?

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.

Portugal vs United States: Paper and paperboard — Production, per capita

Portugal

0.1765 t per person

in 2024

United States

0.1837 t per person

in 2024

Portugal rank

10th

United States rank

8th

Paper and paperboard — Production, per capita over time

Portugal
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 0.1837 t per person against 0.1765 t per person in Portugal, a difference of 0.0072 t per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United States ahead.

Portugal ranks 10th and United States ranks 8th of 125 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 1 and United States in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Portugal	United States	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0166 t per person	0.1957 t per person	0.1791 t per person	United States
1970s	0.0363 t per person	0.2379 t per person	0.2016 t per person	United States
1980s	0.061 t per person	0.2624 t per person	0.2014 t per person	United States
1990s	0.0977 t per person	0.3063 t per person	0.2085 t per person	United States
2000s	0.1488 t per person	0.2775 t per person	0.1286 t per person	United States
2010s	0.1978 t per person	0.2272 t per person	0.0294 t per person	United States
2020s	0.1958 t per person	0.1925 t per person	0.0033 t per person	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher paper and paperboard — production, per capita, Portugal or United States?: United States, at 0.1837 t per person against 0.1765 t per person in Portugal as of 2024.
What is the difference in paper and paperboard — production, per capita between Portugal and United States?: 0.0072 t per person, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and United States?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Portugal and United States rank globally for paper and paperboard — production, per capita?: Portugal ranks 10th 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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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.