Portugal vs Spain: Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre
Portugal
10.17 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Spain
8.49 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Portugal rank
16th
Spain rank
18th
Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre over time
- Portugal
- Spain
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 10.17 t per square kilometre against 8.49 t per square kilometre in Spain, a difference of 1.68 t per square kilometre.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.2 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Spain ahead.
Portugal ranks 16th and Spain ranks 18th of 125 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0765 t per square kilometre | 0.6523 t per square kilometre | 0.5758 t per square kilometre | Spain |
| 1970s | 0.224 t per square kilometre | 1.46 t per square kilometre | 1.24 t per square kilometre | Spain |
| 1980s | 2.56 t per square kilometre | 2.59 t per square kilometre | 0.0279 t per square kilometre | Spain |
| 1990s | 3.35 t per square kilometre | 4.15 t per square kilometre | 0.8002 t per square kilometre | Spain |
| 2000s | 5.89 t per square kilometre | 8.47 t per square kilometre | 2.58 t per square kilometre | Spain |
| 2010s | 8.41 t per square kilometre | 9.07 t per square kilometre | 0.656 t per square kilometre | Spain |
| 2020s | 10.09 t per square kilometre | 8.68 t per square kilometre | 1.4 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, Portugal or Spain?
- Portugal, at 10.17 t per square kilometre against 8.49 t per square kilometre in Spain as of 2023.
- What is the difference in recovered paper — production, per square kilometre between Portugal and Spain?
- 1.68 t per square kilometre, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Spain?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2023.
- How do Portugal and Spain rank globally for recovered paper — production, per square kilometre?
- Portugal ranks 16th and Spain ranks 18th 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.