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
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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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.