Japan vs Malta: Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre
Japan
46.97 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Malta
81.84 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan rank
5th
Malta rank
3rd
Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre over time
- Japan
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 81.84 t per square kilometre against 46.97 t per square kilometre in Japan, a difference of 34.87 t per square kilometre.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.7 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 5th and Malta ranks 3rd of 125 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Malta in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41.84 t per square kilometre | 0 t per square kilometre | 41.84 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 58.12 t per square kilometre | 3.44 t per square kilometre | 54.68 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2010s | 58.38 t per square kilometre | 56.96 t per square kilometre | 1.42 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2020s | 49.49 t per square kilometre | 60.3 t per square kilometre | 10.81 t per square kilometre | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher recovered paper — production, per square kilometre, Japan or Malta?
- Malta, at 81.84 t per square kilometre against 46.97 t per square kilometre in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in recovered paper — production, per square kilometre between Japan and Malta?
- 34.87 t per square kilometre, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malta?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Malta rank globally for recovered paper — production, per square kilometre?
- Japan ranks 5th and Malta ranks 3rd 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.