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Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Production by country

The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are...

Countries reporting
73
Highest
6.98 million t
Canada
Lowest
0 t
Hungary
Median
29,000 t
Years covered
56
1961–2016
Data points
4,936

What the numbers show

Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Production is currently reported for 73 countries. The highest value is 6.98 million t in Canada; the lowest is 0 t in Hungary.

The median across all reporting countries is 29,000 t, and the mean is 451,990 t.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Spain (up 289.9%), and the largest decrease in Czechia (down 100.0%).

Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Canada 6.98 million t 2016 down 38.6% rising
2 Sweden 3.03 million t 2016 down 13.1% rising
3 Finland 2.94 million t 2016 down 37.0% rising
4 United States 2.71 million t 2016 down 31.5% rising
5 USSR 2.36 million t 1991 up 32.8% rising
6 Russia 2.20 million t 2016 up 69.2% rising
6 Russian Federation 2.20 million t 2016 up 69.2% rising
8 Australia and New Zealand 1.06 million t 2016 down 4.9% rising
9 Germany 873,000 t 2016 down 40.5% rising
10 China 865,000 t 2016 up 53.1% rising
10 China, mainland 865,000 t 2016 up 53.1% rising
12 Norway 734,000 t 2016 down 52.2% rising
13 New Zealand 680,775 t 2016 down 8.6% rising
14 Japan 584,000 t 2016 down 49.9% falling
15 India 504,000 t 2016 up 5.1% volatile
16 Brazil 501,000 t 2016 up 0.8% rising
17 Australia 380,000 t 2016 up 2.4% rising
18 Austria 374,896 t 2016 down 3.4% rising
19 Spain 355,579 t 2016 up 289.9% falling
20 Chile 285,800 t 2016 down 44.3% volatile
21 Italy 280,471 t 2016 down 19.3% falling
22 Poland 250,900 t 2016 up 289.0% falling
23 United Kingdom 220,000 t 2016 down 23.3% rising
23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 220,000 t 2016 down 23.3% rising
25 South Africa 214,107 t 2016 down 15.7% rising
26 Belgium-Luxembourg 196,000 t 1999 down 15.2% rising
27 Viet Nam 190,000 t 2016 up 222.0% volatile
27 Vietnam 190,000 t 2016 up 222.0% volatile
29 Switzerland 113,136 t 2016 down 12.3% falling
30 Yugoslav SFR 112,000 t 1991 down 7.4% rising
31 Belgium 111,646 t 2016 down 31.5% falling
32 Slovenia 85,000 t 2016 up 70.0% volatile
33 Republic of Korea 71,000 t 2016 down 21.1% rising
34 Czechoslovakia 69,000 t 1992 down 59.2% falling
35 Bangladesh 36,000 t 2016 unchanged volatile
36 Croatia 33,596 t 2016 down 21.9% flat
37 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 29,000 t 2016 down 73.4% falling
38 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 21,468 t 2016 down 40.2% volatile
39 Pakistan 20,000 t 2016 up 66.7% volatile
40 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 13,000 t 2016 unchanged rising
41 United Republic of Tanzania 12,000 t 2016 unchanged rising
42 Denmark 4,830 t 2016 — volatile
43 Slovakia 4,600 t 2016 — volatile
44 Costa Rica 2,800 t 2016 unchanged falling
45 Ecuador 2,000 t 2016 unchanged flat
46 Serbia and Montenegro 1,000 t 2005 down 96.2% volatile
47 Madagascar 400 t 2016 unchanged volatile
48 Czechia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
48 China, Taiwan Province of 0 t 2016 — volatile
48 Ireland 0 t 2016 — volatile
48 Bulgaria 0 t 2016 — volatile
48 Estonia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
48 Argentina 0 t 2016 — volatile
48 France 0 t 2016 down 100.0% rising
48 Greece 0 t 2016 — volatile
48 Albania 0 t 2016 — volatile
48 Lithuania 0 t 2016 — volatile
48 Zimbabwe 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
48 Turkey 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
48 Serbia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
48 Romania 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
48 Portugal 0 t 2016 — volatile
48 Philippines 0 t 2016 down 100.0% falling
48 Mexico 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
48 Latvia 0 t 2016 — volatile
48 Honduras 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
48 Liechtenstein 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
48 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
48 Kenya 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
48 Uruguay 0 t 2016 down 100.0% falling
48 Türkiye 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
48 Indonesia 0 t 2016 — volatile
48 Hungary 0 t 2016 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
123 places, 4,936 data points, 1961–2016
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The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are detailed further and defined in the Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JFSQ) (https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en). The database contains details of the following topics: - roundwood removals (production) by coniferous and non-coniferous wood and assortments, - production and trade in industrial roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, wood charcoal, pulp, paper and paperboard, and other products. More detailed information on wood products, including definitions, can be found at: https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en