Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled by country
Newsprint — Import quantity with 102 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Countries reporting
225
Highest
737,679 t
India
Lowest
0 t
Russian Federation
Median
1,311 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
12,281
What the numbers show
Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled is currently reported for 225 countries. The highest value is 737,679 t in India; the lowest is 0 t in Russian Federation.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,311 t, and the mean is 24,990 t.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 180 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 13,450.0%), and the largest decrease in American Samoa (down 100.0%).
Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 737,679 t | 2024 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Germany | 551,051 t | 2024 | down 43.5% | rising |
| 3 | China | 494,088 t | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 4 | China, mainland | 423,854 t | 2024 | up 772.1% | volatile |
| 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 306,000 t | 2024 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 23,922 t | 2024 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 304,000 t | 1999 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 17,854 t | 2024 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Italy | 300,149 t | 2024 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 16,168 t | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 274,031 t | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4,231 t | 2024 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 9 | France | 150,130 t | 2024 | down 60.9% | rising |
| 10 | Poland | 103,937 t | 2024 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Melanesia | 3,101 t | 2024 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Mexico | 101,690 t | 2024 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2,143 t | 2024 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Sweden | 96,603 t | 2024 | up 199.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 973 t | 2024 | down 66.4% | falling |
| 13 | Austria | 90,017 t | 2024 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Syrian Arab Republic | 473 t | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Spain | 76,977 t | 2024 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 358 t | 2024 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Egypt | 59,567 t | 2024 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Polynesia | 343 t | 2024 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Switzerland | 58,305 t | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Micronesia | 307 t | 2024 | up 2,261.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Czechia | 52,000 t | 2024 | down 50.8% | rising |
| 17 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 268 t | 2024 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Serbia and Montenegro | 49,000 t | 2005 | up 8,066.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Timor-Leste | 37 t | 2024 | up 311.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Australia and New Zealand | 46,157 t | 2024 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 19 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 32 t | 2024 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Türkiye | 87,435 t | 2024 | down 77.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Hungary | 44,801 t | 2024 | down 42.6% | rising |
| 20 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 5 t | 2024 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 21 | Belgium | 41,973 t | 2024 | down 78.7% | falling |
| 22 | Thailand | 40,153 t | 2024 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Finland | 37,960 t | 2024 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 24 | China, Taiwan Province of | 35,483 t | 2024 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 25 | South Africa | 34,979 t | 2024 | up 173.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Caribbean | 23,443 t | 2024 | down 60.9% | rising |
| 26 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 34,286 t | 2024 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Algeria | 33,201 t | 2024 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 825 t | 2024 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Pakistan | 32,646 t | 2024 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Cabo Verde | 1 t | 2024 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Portugal | 31,242 t | 2024 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Kenya | 29,886 t | 2024 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Denmark | 28,488 t | 2024 | down 78.2% | flat |
| 32 | Israel | 27,356 t | 2024 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Malaysia | 27,265 t | 2024 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Colombia | 26,072 t | 2024 | down 75.3% | rising |
| 35 | Australia | 25,856 t | 2024 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 36 | USSR | 24,000 t | 1991 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Brazil | 23,762 t | 2024 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Yugoslav SFR | 22,800 t | 1991 | up 125.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 22,633 t | 2024 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Singapore | 21,240 t | 2024 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 41 | New Zealand | 20,301 t | 2024 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Peru | 20,255 t | 2024 | down 76.1% | rising |
| 43 | Romania | 19,979 t | 2024 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Ireland | 19,882 t | 2024 | down 65.6% | rising |
| 45 | Greece | 18,791 t | 2024 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Indonesia | 18,287 t | 2024 | up 383.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 16,104 t | 2024 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Serbia | 16,000 t | 2024 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 49 | Philippines | 14,895 t | 2024 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Bangladesh | 14,580 t | 2024 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Ghana | 13,765 t | 2024 | up 118.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Morocco | 13,750 t | 2024 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Uganda | 13,666 t | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Croatia | 13,546 t | 2024 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 13,050 t | 2024 | down 73.0% | flat |
| 56 | Slovenia | 10,327 t | 2024 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Ecuador | 10,044 t | 2024 | down 64.5% | rising |
| 58 | Czechoslovakia | 9,800 t | 1992 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Cambodia | 9,243 t | 2024 | up 390.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Paraguay | 9,174 t | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Slovakia | 9,033 t | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 62 | Tunisia | 8,743 t | 2024 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 8,672 t | 2024 | down 69.7% | falling |
| 64 | Ukraine | 8,300 t | 2024 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Guatemala | 7,892 t | 2024 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Uzbekistan | 7,711 t | 2024 | down 50.9% | rising |
| 67 | Canada | 7,575 t | 2024 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Réunion | 7,519 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 69 | Latvia | 7,331 t | 2024 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 6,903 t | 2024 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Sudan (former) | 6,885 t | 2011 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Dominican Republic | 6,851 t | 2024 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Chile | 6,352 t | 2024 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Cuba | 5,858 t | 2024 | up 78.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Nigeria | 5,661 t | 2024 | down 86.9% | volatile |
| 76 | United Arab Emirates | 5,344 t | 2024 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 77 | El Salvador | 5,263 t | 2024 | down 63.3% | rising |
| 78 | Senegal | 5,180 t | 2024 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Lithuania | 5,077 t | 2024 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 80 | Zambia | 5,071 t | 2024 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Madagascar | 4,521 t | 2024 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Myanmar | 4,008 t | 2024 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Uruguay | 4,000 t | 2024 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 84 | Estonia | 3,862 t | 2024 | down 70.5% | falling |
| 85 | Cameroon | 3,386 t | 2024 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Martinique | 3,200 t | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 87 | Lebanon | 3,195 t | 2024 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Cyprus | 3,094 t | 2024 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Kuwait | 2,965 t | 2024 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Norway | 2,718 t | 2024 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Papua New Guinea | 2,560 t | 2024 | up 81.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Costa Rica | 2,523 t | 2024 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 2,325 t | 2010 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,279 t | 2024 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Malawi | 2,216 t | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 2,160 t | 2024 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 97 | Jamaica | 1,874 t | 2024 | down 69.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Iceland | 1,724 t | 2024 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Mauritius | 1,633 t | 2024 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Botswana | 1,614 t | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Luxembourg | 1,567 t | 2024 | down 84.9% | falling |
| 102 | North Macedonia | 1,505 t | 2024 | down 66.4% | falling |
| 103 | Namibia | 1,454 t | 2024 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Eswatini | 1,363 t | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,311 t | 2024 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Georgia | 1,078 t | 2024 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Yemen | 1,073 t | 2024 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Nepal | 1,020 t | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Barbados | 974 t | 2024 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Panama | 941 t | 2024 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 928 t | 2024 | down 69.1% | falling |
| 112 | Niger | 925 t | 2024 | up 508.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Montenegro | 921 t | 2024 | down 72.9% | falling |
| 114 | Honduras | 801 t | 2024 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Japan | 758 t | 2024 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Nicaragua | 743 t | 2023 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Iraq | 718 t | 2024 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Argentina | 689 t | 2024 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Bahamas | 666 t | 2024 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Guyana | 621 t | 2024 | down 66.2% | rising |
| 121 | Haiti | 582 t | 2024 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Burkina Faso | 553 t | 2024 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Libya | 542 t | 2024 | up 13,450.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Ethiopia | 513 t | 2024 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Jordan | 505 t | 2024 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Fiji | 474 t | 2024 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 127 | China, Macao SAR | 465 t | 2024 | down 90.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Palestine | 451 t | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 129 | Albania | 421 t | 2024 | down 86.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Togo | 368 t | 2024 | up 119.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Curaçao | 367 t | 2024 | down 84.7% | falling |
| 132 | Sudan | 365 t | 2024 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Saint Martin (French part) | 332 t | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Armenia | 314 t | 2024 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Eritrea | 306 t | 2024 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Suriname | 287 t | 2024 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Malta | 286 t | 2024 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Mozambique | 259 t | 2024 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Brunei Darussalam | 248 t | 2024 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Mauritania | 238 t | 2024 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 141 | British Virgin Islands | 206 t | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | French Polynesia | 195 t | 2024 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Republic of Korea | 184 t | 2024 | up 3,580.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Gambia | 167 t | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 145 | French Guiana | 158 t | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 146 | Cayman Islands | 153 t | 2024 | up 7,550.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Benin | 151 t | 2024 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Sierra Leone | 151 t | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Oman | 150 t | 2024 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Bermuda | 144 t | 2024 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 151 | Burundi | 139 t | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Belize | 119 t | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Bahrain | 111 t | 2024 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Gabon | 84 t | 2024 | down 87.5% | falling |
| 155 | Samoa | 78 t | 2024 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Rwanda | 76 t | 2024 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Congo | 73 t | 2024 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Qatar | 60 t | 2024 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Somalia | 57 t | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Guinea | 53 t | 2024 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Lesotho | 53 t | 2024 | up 1,225.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Cook Islands | 46 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Bhutan | 43 t | 2024 | up 2,050.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Seychelles | 38 t | 2024 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 165 | Tajikistan | 34 t | 2024 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Vanuatu | 34 t | 2024 | up 1,600.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 33 t | 2024 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 33 t | 2024 | down 80.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Andorra | 31 t | 2024 | up 287.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Angola | 29 t | 2024 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Liberia | 29 t | 2024 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Marshall Islands | 28 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Turkmenistan | 28 t | 2024 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Aruba | 25 t | 2024 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Maldives | 25 t | 2024 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Ethiopia PDR | 24 t | 1992 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Dominica | 19 t | 2024 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Afghanistan | 13 t | 2024 | up 333.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Faroe Islands | 13 t | 2024 | down 96.6% | falling |
| 180 | Comoros | 12 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 180 | Greenland | 12 t | 2024 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Anguilla | 12 t | 2024 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Mali | 10 t | 2024 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 184 | Djibouti | 8 t | 2024 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 184 | Gibraltar | 8 t | 2024 | down 78.9% | falling |
| 186 | Guadeloupe | 7 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 187 | Kiribati | 4 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 188 | Grenada | 3 t | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Belarus | 2 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Guinea-Bissau | 1 t | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 t | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 1 t | 2024 | down 99.2% | falling |
| 194 | American Samoa | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 194 | Central African Republic | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Saint Lucia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Mongolia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 194 | New Caledonia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Palau | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Chad | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Tonga | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Norfolk Island | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 194 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 194 | Russian Federation | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 5.36 million t
- Europe 2.40 million t
- Asia 1.65 million t
- Western Europe 1.17 million t
- Americas 986,958 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 82,287 t
- Southern Asia 826,032 t
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 50,996 t
- Northern America 735,862 t
- United States of America 728,131 t
- Northern Europe 509,658 t
- Eastern Asia 495,298 t
- Southern Europe 471,515 t
- Middle Africa 3,604 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 299,050 t
- Africa 276,323 t
- Eastern Europe 252,075 t
- Western Asia 159,115 t
- South-Eastern Asia 153,588 t
- Central America 119,864 t
- Northern Africa 116,168 t
- South America 107,789 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 99,213 t
- Eastern Africa 89,010 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 68,197 t
- Oceania 49,908 t
- Southern Africa 39,463 t
- Western Africa 28,078 t
- Central Asia 17,373 t
How this figure is calculated
Newsprint — Import quantity with 102 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Newsprint — Import quantity Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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
Newsprint — Import quantity with 102 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.