China vs France: Total fibre furnish — Import quantity, per square kilometre
China
3.28 t per square kilometre
in 2023
France
4.25 t per square kilometre
in 2023
China rank
20th
France rank
19th
Total fibre furnish — Import quantity, per square kilometre over time
- China
- France
How they compare
France currently reports 4.25 t per square kilometre against 3.28 t per square kilometre in China, a difference of 0.97 t per square kilometre.
That makes France's figure about 1.3 times China's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1966 it was France ahead.
China ranks 20th and France ranks 19th of 175 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0098 t per square kilometre | 1.12 t per square kilometre | 1.11 t per square kilometre | France |
| 1970s | 0.0457 t per square kilometre | 2.86 t per square kilometre | 2.81 t per square kilometre | France |
| 1980s | 0.2084 t per square kilometre | 3.86 t per square kilometre | 3.65 t per square kilometre | France |
| 1990s | 0.4725 t per square kilometre | 5.77 t per square kilometre | 5.29 t per square kilometre | France |
| 2000s | 2.48 t per square kilometre | 5.97 t per square kilometre | 3.48 t per square kilometre | France |
| 2010s | 4.66 t per square kilometre | 5.32 t per square kilometre | 0.6588 t per square kilometre | France |
| 2020s | 3.13 t per square kilometre | 4.65 t per square kilometre | 1.52 t per square kilometre | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total fibre furnish — import quantity, per square kilometre, China or France?
- France, at 4.25 t per square kilometre against 3.28 t per square kilometre in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in total fibre furnish — import quantity, per square kilometre between China and France?
- 0.97 t per square kilometre, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and France?
- 58 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2023.
- How do China and France rank globally for total fibre furnish — import quantity, per square kilometre?
- China ranks 20th and France ranks 19th of 175 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Total fibre furnish — Import quantity, 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
Total fibre furnish — Import quantity 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.