Japan vs Switzerland: Recovered paper — Production, per capita
Japan
0.1344 t per person
in 2024
Switzerland
0.126 t per person
in 2024
Japan rank
2nd
Switzerland rank
3rd
Recovered paper — Production, per capita over time
- Japan
- Switzerland
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.1344 t per person against 0.126 t per person in Switzerland, a difference of 0.0084 t per person.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Switzerland ahead.
Japan ranks 2nd and Switzerland ranks 3rd of 125 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Switzerland in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0298 t per person | 0.0399 t per person | 0.0101 t per person | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 0.0536 t per person | 0.0561 t per person | 0.0025 t per person | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 0.083 t per person | 0.079 t per person | 0.004 t per person | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.1192 t per person | 0.1273 t per person | 0.0081 t per person | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 0.1659 t per person | 0.1653 t per person | 0.0006 t per person | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.1672 t per person | 0.1572 t per person | 0.01 t per person | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.142 t per person | 0.1327 t per person | 0.0093 t per person | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher recovered paper — production, per capita, Japan or Switzerland?
- Japan, at 0.1344 t per person against 0.126 t per person in Switzerland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in recovered paper — production, per capita between Japan and Switzerland?
- 0.0084 t per person, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Switzerland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Switzerland rank globally for recovered paper — production, per capita?
- Japan ranks 2nd and Switzerland ranks 3rd 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.