India vs Sri Lanka: Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre

India
2.62 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Sri Lanka
2.75 t per square kilometre
in 2023
India rank
33rd
Sri Lanka rank
31st

Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre over time

  • India
  • Sri Lanka
0123197019962023

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 2.75 t per square kilometre against 2.62 t per square kilometre in India, a difference of 0.13 t per square kilometre.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times India's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

India ranks 33rd and Sri Lanka ranks 31st of 125 countries.

Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0265 t per square kilometre 0.0941 t per square kilometre 0.0676 t per square kilometre Sri Lanka
1980s 0.0951 t per square kilometre 0.1639 t per square kilometre 0.0688 t per square kilometre Sri Lanka
1990s 0.1591 t per square kilometre 0.3076 t per square kilometre 0.1485 t per square kilometre Sri Lanka
2000s 0.5018 t per square kilometre 1.11 t per square kilometre 0.6112 t per square kilometre Sri Lanka
2010s 1.29 t per square kilometre 2.42 t per square kilometre 1.13 t per square kilometre Sri Lanka
2020s 2.56 t per square kilometre 2.75 t per square kilometre 0.1878 t per square kilometre Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher recovered paper — production, per square kilometre, India or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 2.75 t per square kilometre against 2.62 t per square kilometre in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in recovered paper — production, per square kilometre between India and Sri Lanka?
0.13 t per square kilometre, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Sri Lanka?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do India and Sri Lanka rank globally for recovered paper — production, per square kilometre?
India ranks 33rd and Sri Lanka ranks 31st 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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Indicator
Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre
Unit
t per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
126 places, 4,635 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.