China vs Portugal: Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre
China
7.55 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Portugal
10.17 t per square kilometre
in 2023
China rank
19th
Portugal rank
16th
Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre over time
- China
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 10.17 t per square kilometre against 7.55 t per square kilometre in China, a difference of 2.62 t per square kilometre.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.3 times China's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was China ahead.
China ranks 19th and Portugal ranks 16th of 125 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1141 t per square kilometre | 0.224 t per square kilometre | 0.11 t per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 1980s | 0.3735 t per square kilometre | 2.56 t per square kilometre | 2.18 t per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 1990s | 1.11 t per square kilometre | 3.35 t per square kilometre | 2.24 t per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2000s | 2.56 t per square kilometre | 5.89 t per square kilometre | 3.33 t per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2010s | 5.45 t per square kilometre | 8.41 t per square kilometre | 2.96 t per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2020s | 7.12 t per square kilometre | 10.09 t per square kilometre | 2.96 t per square kilometre | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher recovered paper — production, per square kilometre, China or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 10.17 t per square kilometre against 7.55 t per square kilometre in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in recovered paper — production, per square kilometre between China and Portugal?
- 2.62 t per square kilometre, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Portugal?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do China and Portugal rank globally for recovered paper — production, per square kilometre?
- China ranks 19th and Portugal ranks 16th of 125 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Recovered paper — Production, 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
Recovered paper — Production 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.