Japan vs South Africa: Wood-based panels — Export quantity, per square kilometre
Japan
0.3666 m3 per square kilometre
in 2023
South Africa
0.267 m3 per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan rank
59th
South Africa rank
62nd
Wood-based panels — Export quantity, per square kilometre over time
- Japan
- South Africa
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.3666 m3 per square kilometre against 0.267 m3 per square kilometre in South Africa, a difference of 0.0996 m3 per square kilometre.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.4 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 59th and South Africa ranks 62nd of 195 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.42 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0503 m3 per square kilometre | 1.37 m3 per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.9309 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0609 m3 per square kilometre | 0.87 m3 per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.2856 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0548 m3 per square kilometre | 0.2307 m3 per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.084 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0351 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0489 m3 per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.0997 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0506 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0491 m3 per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.2104 m3 per square kilometre | 0.1305 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0799 m3 per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.3981 m3 per square kilometre | 0.2106 m3 per square kilometre | 0.1875 m3 per square kilometre | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wood-based panels — export quantity, per square kilometre, Japan or South Africa?
- Japan, at 0.3666 m3 per square kilometre against 0.267 m3 per square kilometre in South Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in wood-based panels — export quantity, per square kilometre between Japan and South Africa?
- 0.0996 m3 per square kilometre, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and South Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Japan and South Africa rank globally for wood-based panels — export quantity, per square kilometre?
- Japan ranks 59th and South Africa ranks 62nd of 195 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Wood-based panels — Export 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
Wood-based panels — Export 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.