China vs Japan: Wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre
China
3.5 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan
3.21 t per square kilometre
in 2023
China rank
12th
Japan rank
14th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre over time
- China
- Japan
How they compare
China currently reports 3.5 t per square kilometre against 3.21 t per square kilometre in Japan, a difference of 0.29 t per square kilometre.
That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 60 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Japan ahead.
China ranks 12th and Japan ranks 14th of 163 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0066 t per square kilometre | 1.85 t per square kilometre | 1.84 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.0245 t per square kilometre | 3.22 t per square kilometre | 3.2 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.0908 t per square kilometre | 6.53 t per square kilometre | 6.44 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.2176 t per square kilometre | 8.87 t per square kilometre | 8.65 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.8792 t per square kilometre | 6.47 t per square kilometre | 5.59 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2010s | 2.13 t per square kilometre | 4.8 t per square kilometre | 2.67 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2020s | 3.12 t per square kilometre | 3.89 t per square kilometre | 0.7651 t per square kilometre | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wood pulp — import quantity, per square kilometre, China or Japan?
- China, at 3.5 t per square kilometre against 3.21 t per square kilometre in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in wood pulp — import quantity, per square kilometre between China and Japan?
- 0.29 t per square kilometre, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Japan?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2023.
- How do China and Japan rank globally for wood pulp — import quantity, per square kilometre?
- China ranks 12th and Japan ranks 14th of 163 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Wood pulp — 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
Wood pulp — 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.