China vs India: Total fibre furnish — Import quantity, per square kilometre
China
3.28 t per square kilometre
in 2023
India
3.19 t per square kilometre
in 2023
China rank
20th
India rank
21st
Total fibre furnish — Import quantity, per square kilometre over time
- China
- India
How they compare
China currently reports 3.28 t per square kilometre against 3.19 t per square kilometre in India, a difference of 0.09 t per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1966 it was China ahead.
China ranks 20th and India ranks 21st of 175 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0098 t per square kilometre | 0.0086 t per square kilometre | 0.0012 t per square kilometre | China |
| 1970s | 0.0457 t per square kilometre | 0.0085 t per square kilometre | 0.0372 t per square kilometre | China |
| 1980s | 0.2084 t per square kilometre | 0.0706 t per square kilometre | 0.1378 t per square kilometre | China |
| 1990s | 0.4725 t per square kilometre | 0.1871 t per square kilometre | 0.2854 t per square kilometre | China |
| 2000s | 2.48 t per square kilometre | 0.6257 t per square kilometre | 1.86 t per square kilometre | China |
| 2010s | 4.66 t per square kilometre | 1.45 t per square kilometre | 3.21 t per square kilometre | China |
| 2020s | 3.13 t per square kilometre | 2.76 t per square kilometre | 0.3635 t per square kilometre | China |
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 India?
- China, at 3.28 t per square kilometre against 3.19 t per square kilometre in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in total fibre furnish — import quantity, per square kilometre between China and India?
- 0.09 t per square kilometre, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and India?
- 58 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2023.
- How do China and India rank globally for total fibre furnish — import quantity, per square kilometre?
- China ranks 20th and India ranks 21st 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.