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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
89
Highest
6.98 million t
Canada
Lowest
0 t
China, Taiwan Province of
Median
0 t
Years covered
56
1961–2016
Data points
4,671

What the numbers show

Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Production is currently reported for 89 countries. The highest value is 6.98 million t in Canada; the lowest is 0 t in China, Taiwan Province of.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 t, and the mean is 308,517 t.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 36 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 USSR 2.36 million t 1991 up 32.8% rising
5 Russian Federation 2.20 million t 2016 up 69.2% rising
6 Australia and New Zealand 1.06 million t 2016 down 4.9% rising
7 Germany 873,000 t 2016 down 40.5% rising
8 China 865,000 t 2016 up 53.1% rising
8 China, mainland 865,000 t 2016 up 53.1% rising
10 Norway 734,000 t 2016 down 52.2% rising
11 New Zealand 680,775 t 2016 down 8.6% rising
12 Japan 584,000 t 2016 down 49.9% falling
13 India 504,000 t 2016 up 5.1% volatile
14 Brazil 501,000 t 2016 up 0.8% rising
15 Australia 380,000 t 2016 up 2.4% rising
16 Austria 374,896 t 2016 down 3.4% rising
17 Spain 355,579 t 2016 up 289.9% falling
18 Chile 285,800 t 2016 down 44.3% volatile
19 Italy 280,471 t 2016 down 19.3% falling
20 Poland 250,900 t 2016 up 289.0% falling
21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 220,000 t 2016 down 23.3% rising
22 Belgium-Luxembourg 196,000 t 1999 down 15.2% rising
23 Viet Nam 190,000 t 2016 up 222.0% volatile
24 Switzerland 113,136 t 2016 down 12.3% falling
25 Yugoslav SFR 112,000 t 1991 down 7.4% rising
26 Belgium 111,646 t 2016 down 31.5% falling
27 Slovenia 85,000 t 2016 up 70.0% volatile
28 Republic of Korea 71,000 t 2016 down 21.1% rising
29 Czechoslovakia 69,000 t 1992 down 59.2% falling
30 Bangladesh 36,000 t 2016 unchanged volatile
31 Croatia 33,596 t 2016 down 21.9% flat
32 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 29,000 t 2016 down 73.4% falling
33 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 21,468 t 2016 down 40.2% volatile
34 Pakistan 20,000 t 2016 up 66.7% volatile
35 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 13,000 t 2016 unchanged rising
36 United Republic of Tanzania 12,000 t 2016 unchanged rising
37 Denmark 4,830 t 2016 — volatile
38 Slovakia 4,600 t 2016 — volatile
39 Costa Rica 2,800 t 2016 unchanged falling
40 Ecuador 2,000 t 2016 unchanged flat
41 Serbia and Montenegro 1,000 t 2005 down 96.2% volatile
42 Madagascar 400 t 2016 unchanged volatile
43 Albania 0 t 2016 — volatile
43 Argentina 0 t 2016 — volatile
43 Armenia 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Azerbaijan 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Bulgaria 0 t 2016 — volatile
43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Belarus 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Colombia 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Cyprus 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Czechia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
43 Estonia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
43 France 0 t 2016 down 100.0% rising
43 Georgia 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Greece 0 t 2016 — volatile
43 Honduras 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
43 Hungary 0 t 2016 — volatile
43 Indonesia 0 t 2016 — volatile
43 Ireland 0 t 2016 — volatile
43 Iceland 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Israel 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Kazakhstan 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Kenya 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
43 Kyrgyzstan 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Liechtenstein 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
43 Lithuania 0 t 2016 — volatile
43 Luxembourg 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Latvia 0 t 2016 — volatile
43 Mexico 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
43 North Macedonia 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Malta 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Montenegro 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Mauritius 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Philippines 0 t 2016 down 100.0% falling
43 Portugal 0 t 2016 — volatile
43 Romania 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
43 Serbia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
43 Seychelles 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Tajikistan 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Turkmenistan 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Ukraine 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Uruguay 0 t 2016 down 100.0% falling
43 Uzbekistan 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Zimbabwe 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
43 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
43 Republic of Moldova 0 t 2016 — flat
43 Türkiye 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
43 China, Taiwan Province of 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.

About this data

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
117 places, 4,671 data points, 1961–2016
Last refreshed

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