China vs Japan: Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre
China
3.08 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan
2.95 t per square kilometre
in 2023
China rank
13th
Japan rank
14th
Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre over time
- China
- Japan
How they compare
China currently reports 3.08 t per square kilometre against 2.95 t per square kilometre in Japan, a difference of 0.13 t per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 58 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Japan ahead.
China ranks 13th and Japan ranks 14th of 166 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 | 0.0098 t per square kilometre | 1.54 t per square kilometre | 1.53 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.0228 t per square kilometre | 2.66 t per square kilometre | 2.63 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.0834 t per square kilometre | 5.9 t per square kilometre | 5.81 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.1981 t per square kilometre | 8.42 t per square kilometre | 8.22 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.83 t per square kilometre | 6.22 t per square kilometre | 5.39 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2010s | 1.91 t per square kilometre | 4.56 t per square kilometre | 2.65 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2020s | 2.75 t per square kilometre | 3.68 t per square kilometre | 0.9339 t per square kilometre | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pulp for paper — import quantity, per square kilometre, China or Japan?
- China, at 3.08 t per square kilometre against 2.95 t per square kilometre in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in pulp for paper — import quantity, per square kilometre between China and Japan?
- 0.13 t per square kilometre, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Japan?
- 58 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2023.
- How do China and Japan rank globally for pulp for paper — import quantity, per square kilometre?
- China ranks 13th and Japan ranks 14th of 166 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Pulp for paper — 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
Pulp for paper — 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.