Graphic papers — Import quantity, per square kilometre by country
Graphic papers — 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.
Countries reporting
184
Highest
249.79 t per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
0.0005 t per square kilometre
Greenland
Median
0.2161 t per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
8,781
What the numbers show
Graphic papers — Import quantity, per square kilometre is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 249.79 t per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 0.0005 t per square kilometre in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2161 t per square kilometre, and the mean is 2.88 t per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 122 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 11,522.2%), and the largest decrease in Saint Kitts and Nevis (down 93.6%).
Graphic papers — Import quantity, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 249.79 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Gibraltar | 28.4 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 647.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Malta | 24.64 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Belgium | 24.43 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.9% | falling |
| 5 | Bermuda | 18.44 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | falling |
| 6 | Bahrain | 16.68 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Germany | 8.74 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Switzerland | 7.41 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Saint Martin (French part) | 7.02 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Barbados | 6.42 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 6.33 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Israel | 6.2 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Maldives | 6.17 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Aruba | 5.32 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Slovenia | 4.74 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Czechia | 4.73 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 4.48 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.5% | falling |
| 18 | Lebanon | 4.45 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Denmark | 4.37 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.7% | rising |
| 20 | Italy | 4.09 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Austria | 4 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Mauritius | 3.85 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Poland | 3.2 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 24 | France | 3.17 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 2.59 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 27 | British Virgin Islands | 2.55 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 158.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Kuwait | 2.48 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Slovakia | 2.47 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.3% | rising |
| 30 | Cayman Islands | 2.4 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Hungary | 2.28 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Qatar | 2.18 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Portugal | 1.89 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Croatia | 1.74 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 1.57 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Cyprus | 1.55 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Andorra | 1.55 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9,025.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Spain | 1.48 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Japan | 1.46 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Malaysia | 1.44 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Philippines | 1.41 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Palestine | 1.41 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.0% | falling |
| 43 | Greece | 1.35 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Seychelles | 1.3 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Estonia | 1.28 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.5% | rising |
| 46 | Ireland | 1.28 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Tuvalu | 1.17 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,650.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Lithuania | 1.11 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 49 | Guam | 1.1 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Latvia | 1.09 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 51 | El Salvador | 1.07 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Serbia | 1.06 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 53 | Bangladesh | 0.9723 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Romania | 0.8851 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Jamaica | 0.8473 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.3% | rising |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 0.7234 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Thailand | 0.6838 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Guatemala | 0.6765 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Saint Lucia | 0.659 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 60 | Sweden | 0.6499 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Costa Rica | 0.6288 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.6026 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 63 | India | 0.5896 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Djibouti | 0.5815 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 65 | North Macedonia | 0.5488 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.5% | rising |
| 66 | Jordan | 0.5421 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Nepal | 0.4776 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 317.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Armenia | 0.4248 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | 0.4135 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Montenegro | 0.3975 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 71 | Tunisia | 0.3941 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Mexico | 0.3875 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Egypt | 0.3806 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Nigeria | 0.3778 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Ecuador | 0.3741 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Cambodia | 0.3709 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Marshall Islands | 0.3667 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Fiji | 0.3528 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.3487 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 80 | New Zealand | 0.3402 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Albania | 0.3361 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Tonga | 0.3153 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 144.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Morocco | 0.31 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Haiti | 0.3012 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Honduras | 0.2827 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Georgia | 0.2634 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Iraq | 0.2396 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 732.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Ukraine | 0.2321 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2308 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Kenya | 0.2267 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Faroe Islands | 0.2204 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 75.1% | falling |
| 92 | French Polynesia | 0.2184 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Panama | 0.2139 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Finland | 0.2136 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Pakistan | 0.2131 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Comoros | 0.2128 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Dominica | 0.2107 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Gambia | 0.2102 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Uganda | 0.2088 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Norway | 0.2049 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.4% | volatile |
| 101 | American Samoa | 0.2 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 102 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.1977 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Chile | 0.1955 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 104 | New Caledonia | 0.1927 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 105 | China | 0.1891 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Peru | 0.1889 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Cuba | 0.1887 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 108 | Bahamas | 0.1845 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Uzbekistan | 0.1773 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 110 | South Africa | 0.1726 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Uruguay | 0.1666 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 112 | Eswatini | 0.1652 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 113 | Ghana | 0.1578 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1573 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Tajikistan | 0.1457 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 307.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Myanmar | 0.1453 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1426 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Colombia | 0.1359 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Samoa | 0.1317 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Palau | 0.1304 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Paraguay | 0.1134 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.113 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 477.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Nicaragua | 0.1125 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Algeria | 0.0972 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Malawi | 0.0966 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Indonesia | 0.0954 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Rwanda | 0.0916 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Grenada | 0.0912 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0895 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Senegal | 0.0877 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Benin | 0.0868 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Oman | 0.0765 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Kiribati | 0.0728 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,375.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Lesotho | 0.0727 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Argentina | 0.0716 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Yemen | 0.0704 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Cameroon | 0.0687 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Ethiopia | 0.0611 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Togo | 0.0595 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Belarus | 0.0553 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Nauru | 0.05 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | 0.0499 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 0.0456 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Australia | 0.0447 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.5% | rising |
| 145 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0435 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Congo | 0.0415 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 227.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Canada | 0.0411 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Iceland | 0.0388 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Burkina Faso | 0.0351 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 311.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Burundi | 0.0346 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0331 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 133.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Vanuatu | 0.032 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Belize | 0.03 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Madagascar | 0.0273 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Kazakhstan | 0.0268 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Mozambique | 0.0265 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Zambia | 0.0258 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Guinea | 0.0245 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 122.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Brazil | 0.0234 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Liberia | 0.0223 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Botswana | 0.0223 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 162 | Bhutan | 0.0207 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 88.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Gabon | 0.0207 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0176 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Turkmenistan | 0.0166 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Angola | 0.0162 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 0.0155 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 143.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0142 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 232.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Namibia | 0.0126 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Libya | 0.0124 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Sudan | 0.0122 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 172 | Guyana | 0.0107 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.2% | rising |
| 173 | Suriname | 0.0097 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 174 | Somalia | 0.0073 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 423.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Mongolia | 0.0068 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Afghanistan | 0.0052 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 277.2% | volatile |
| 177 | South Sudan | 0.0033 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11,522.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Eritrea | 0.003 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Mauritania | 0.0024 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Central African Republic | 0.0017 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,923.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Niger | 0.0015 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Mali | 0.0014 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Chad | 0.0007 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Greenland | 0.0005 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.2533 t per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Graphic papers — 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.
Graphic papers — Import quantity ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Graphic papers — Import quantity Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Graphic papers — 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.