Germany vs Japan: Recovered paper — Production, per capita
Germany
0.1485 t per person
in 2024
Japan
0.1344 t per person
in 2024
Germany rank
1st
Japan rank
2nd
Recovered paper — Production, per capita over time
- Germany
- Japan
How they compare
Germany currently reports 0.1485 t per person against 0.1344 t per person in Japan, a difference of 0.0141 t per person.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Germany ranks 1st and Japan ranks 2nd of 125 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 3 and Japan in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0206 t per person | 0.0298 t per person | 0.0092 t per person | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.0388 t per person | 0.0536 t per person | 0.0148 t per person | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.0644 t per person | 0.083 t per person | 0.0187 t per person | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.1122 t per person | 0.1192 t per person | 0.007 t per person | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.166 t per person | 0.1659 t per person | 0.0001 t per person | Germany |
| 2010s | 0.192 t per person | 0.1672 t per person | 0.0248 t per person | Germany |
| 2020s | 0.1671 t per person | 0.142 t per person | 0.0252 t per person | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher recovered paper — production, per capita, Germany or Japan?
- Germany, at 0.1485 t per person against 0.1344 t per person in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in recovered paper — production, per capita between Germany and Japan?
- 0.0141 t per person, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Japan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Germany and Japan rank globally for recovered paper — production, per capita?
- Germany ranks 1st and Japan ranks 2nd of 125 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Recovered paper — 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
Recovered paper — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.