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Newsprint — Import quantity, per square kilometre by country

Newsprint — 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
178
Highest
30.79 t per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
0 t per square kilometre
Tonga
Median
0.0208 t per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
8,070

What the numbers show

Newsprint — Import quantity, per square kilometre is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 30.79 t per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 0 t per square kilometre in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0208 t per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.381 t per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 147 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 2,566.7%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 100.0%).

Newsprint — Import quantity, per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 30.79 t per square kilometre 2023 down 83.3% volatile
2 Saint Martin (French part) 6.64 t per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
3 Bermuda 4.31 t per square kilometre 2023 — falling
4 Belgium 1.76 t per square kilometre 2023 down 72.1% falling
5 Switzerland 1.68 t per square kilometre 2023 down 9.2% volatile
6 British Virgin Islands 1.37 t per square kilometre 2023 — flat
7 Israel 1.37 t per square kilometre 2023 down 71.3% volatile
8 Germany 1.32 t per square kilometre 2023 down 56.7% rising
9 Aruba 1.2 t per square kilometre 2023 down 77.6% volatile
10 Barbados 1.19 t per square kilometre 2023 down 84.9% volatile
11 Austria 1.05 t per square kilometre 2023 down 13.4% volatile
12 Italy 0.9698 t per square kilometre 2023 down 53.4% volatile
13 Denmark 0.8975 t per square kilometre 2023 down 72.5% rising
14 Gibraltar 0.8 t per square kilometre 2023 down 78.9% falling
14 Malta 0.8 t per square kilometre 2023 down 86.4% volatile
16 Bahrain 0.755 t per square kilometre 2023 down 36.8% volatile
17 Mauritius 0.6455 t per square kilometre 2023 down 82.4% volatile
18 Czechia 0.635 t per square kilometre 2023 down 50.3% rising
19 Slovenia 0.5553 t per square kilometre 2023 down 20.7% volatile
20 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4205 t per square kilometre 2023 down 89.2% volatile
21 Hungary 0.4166 t per square kilometre 2023 down 60.3% rising
22 Luxembourg 0.4055 t per square kilometre 2023 down 90.0% falling
23 Ireland 0.4018 t per square kilometre 2023 down 55.4% rising
24 Lebanon 0.356 t per square kilometre 2023 down 62.6% volatile
25 Cyprus 0.334 t per square kilometre 2023 down 49.4% volatile
26 Portugal 0.3204 t per square kilometre 2023 down 49.3% volatile
27 Poland 0.3043 t per square kilometre 2023 down 19.3% volatile
28 France 0.2786 t per square kilometre 2023 down 58.3% rising
29 Croatia 0.2557 t per square kilometre 2023 down 62.3% flat
30 El Salvador 0.2452 t per square kilometre 2023 down 71.2% rising
31 India 0.2273 t per square kilometre 2023 down 50.7% volatile
32 Sri Lanka 0.2215 t per square kilometre 2023 down 78.7% volatile
33 Slovakia 0.2052 t per square kilometre 2023 down 69.4% falling
34 Sweden 0.1907 t per square kilometre 2023 up 84.9% volatile
35 United Arab Emirates 0.1862 t per square kilometre 2023 down 80.2% volatile
36 Dominican Republic 0.1726 t per square kilometre 2023 down 65.0% volatile
37 Dominica 0.16 t per square kilometre 2023 up 380.0% volatile
38 Marshall Islands 0.1556 t per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
39 Serbia 0.1546 t per square kilometre 2023 down 70.6% falling
40 Greece 0.1526 t per square kilometre 2023 down 75.8% volatile
41 Estonia 0.1421 t per square kilometre 2023 down 60.4% falling
42 Spain 0.1408 t per square kilometre 2023 down 55.4% volatile
43 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1385 t per square kilometre 2023 down 69.7% volatile
44 Finland 0.1167 t per square kilometre 2023 down 50.2% volatile
45 Bulgaria 0.1111 t per square kilometre 2023 down 74.2% flat
46 Jamaica 0.1054 t per square kilometre 2023 down 78.9% volatile
47 Romania 0.1 t per square kilometre 2023 down 64.7% volatile
48 Qatar 0.0978 t per square kilometre 2023 down 89.5% volatile
49 New Caledonia 0.0966 t per square kilometre 2023 down 29.4% volatile
50 Guatemala 0.0906 t per square kilometre 2023 down 67.0% volatile
51 Seychelles 0.0891 t per square kilometre 2023 down 36.9% falling
52 Latvia 0.0869 t per square kilometre 2023 down 63.1% falling
53 Lithuania 0.0856 t per square kilometre 2023 down 53.6% falling
54 New Zealand 0.0838 t per square kilometre 2023 up 21.3% volatile
55 Kuwait 0.0822 t per square kilometre 2023 down 95.4% volatile
56 Bahamas 0.0771 t per square kilometre 2023 up 18.0% volatile
57 Palestine 0.0749 t per square kilometre 2023 down 28.0% falling
58 Bangladesh 0.064 t per square kilometre 2023 down 80.0% rising
59 China 0.062 t per square kilometre 2023 down 3.7% volatile
60 Montenegro 0.0619 t per square kilometre 2023 down 79.2% falling
61 Thailand 0.0573 t per square kilometre 2023 down 71.1% volatile
62 Comoros 0.057 t per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
63 Eswatini 0.0565 t per square kilometre 2023 down 46.7% falling
64 French Polynesia 0.0562 t per square kilometre 2023 down 84.6% volatile
65 Mexico 0.0559 t per square kilometre 2023 down 44.4% volatile
66 Cuba 0.0549 t per square kilometre 2023 down 76.8% volatile
67 Ghana 0.0525 t per square kilometre 2023 up 16.6% volatile
68 Malaysia 0.0512 t per square kilometre 2023 down 91.0% volatile
69 Costa Rica 0.051 t per square kilometre 2023 down 86.6% volatile
70 Kenya 0.0501 t per square kilometre 2023 down 49.4% volatile
71 Ecuador 0.0463 t per square kilometre 2023 down 60.4% volatile
72 North Macedonia 0.0457 t per square kilometre 2023 down 71.9% falling
73 Philippines 0.0446 t per square kilometre 2023 down 78.1% volatile
74 Uganda 0.0376 t per square kilometre 2023 down 58.7% volatile
75 Cambodia 0.0357 t per square kilometre 2023 up 61.1% volatile
76 Pakistan 0.0355 t per square kilometre 2023 down 69.9% volatile
77 Egypt 0.0333 t per square kilometre 2023 down 61.1% volatile
78 Tunisia 0.0319 t per square kilometre 2023 down 64.0% volatile
79 Maldives 0.0302 t per square kilometre 2023 down 91.7% volatile
80 Fiji 0.0301 t per square kilometre 2023 up 918.5% volatile
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.029 t per square kilometre 2023 down 81.4% volatile
82 Morocco 0.0264 t per square kilometre 2023 down 58.8% volatile
83 Haiti 0.0262 t per square kilometre 2023 down 56.8% volatile
84 Azerbaijan 0.0258 t per square kilometre 2023 down 46.8% flat
85 Jordan 0.025 t per square kilometre 2023 down 89.0% volatile
86 Colombia 0.0244 t per square kilometre 2023 down 66.5% rising
87 Norway 0.0238 t per square kilometre 2023 down 92.1% volatile
88 Samoa 0.0227 t per square kilometre 2023 down 67.9% volatile
89 Uzbekistan 0.0211 t per square kilometre 2023 down 41.6% rising
90 Malawi 0.0206 t per square kilometre 2023 down 37.2% volatile
91 Paraguay 0.0196 t per square kilometre 2023 down 16.5% volatile
92 Iceland 0.0195 t per square kilometre 2023 down 76.3% volatile
93 Tajikistan 0.0189 t per square kilometre 2023 up 30.5% volatile
94 Algeria 0.0184 t per square kilometre 2023 down 38.8% volatile
95 Zimbabwe 0.0171 t per square kilometre 2023 down 36.7% volatile
96 Gambia 0.0168 t per square kilometre 2023 up 50.4% volatile
97 Georgia 0.0158 t per square kilometre 2023 down 59.4% volatile
98 Albania 0.0154 t per square kilometre 2023 down 86.8% volatile
99 Uruguay 0.0147 t per square kilometre 2023 down 70.2% falling
100 Ukraine 0.0143 t per square kilometre 2023 down 90.9% volatile
101 Senegal 0.0143 t per square kilometre 2023 down 49.7% volatile
102 Honduras 0.0142 t per square kilometre 2023 down 88.6% volatile
103 Peru 0.0136 t per square kilometre 2023 down 80.2% rising
104 South Africa 0.0134 t per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% volatile
105 Panama 0.0125 t per square kilometre 2023 down 95.2% volatile
106 Armenia 0.0118 t per square kilometre 2023 down 68.2% volatile
107 Djibouti 0.0104 t per square kilometre 2023 up 68.5% volatile
108 Chile 0.0094 t per square kilometre 2023 up 41.3% volatile
109 Togo 0.0089 t per square kilometre 2023 up 96.7% volatile
110 Nigeria 0.0084 t per square kilometre 2023 down 78.9% volatile
111 Cameroon 0.0084 t per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% volatile
112 Saudi Arabia 0.0083 t per square kilometre 2023 down 76.4% volatile
113 Myanmar 0.0069 t per square kilometre 2023 down 87.2% volatile
114 Belize 0.0066 t per square kilometre 2023 down 36.8% volatile
115 Oman 0.0065 t per square kilometre 2023 down 75.4% volatile
116 Nicaragua 0.0062 t per square kilometre 2023 down 78.7% volatile
117 Zambia 0.0061 t per square kilometre 2023 down 50.5% volatile
118 Kyrgyzstan 0.0061 t per square kilometre 2023 down 62.3% falling
119 Madagascar 0.0056 t per square kilometre 2023 down 48.1% volatile
120 Australia 0.005 t per square kilometre 2023 down 48.1% falling
121 Kiribati 0.0049 t per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
122 Guyana 0.0046 t per square kilometre 2023 down 45.8% rising
123 Papua New Guinea 0.0046 t per square kilometre 2023 down 77.2% volatile
124 Indonesia 0.0045 t per square kilometre 2023 up 23.0% volatile
125 Nepal 0.0044 t per square kilometre 2023 down 75.0% volatile
126 Palau 0.0043 t per square kilometre 2023 down 87.5% volatile
127 Cayman Islands 0.0042 t per square kilometre 2023 down 50.0% volatile
128 Burundi 0.0039 t per square kilometre 2023 down 60.3% volatile
129 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0038 t per square kilometre 2023 down 99.9% volatile
130 Argentina 0.0036 t per square kilometre 2023 down 75.9% volatile
131 Kazakhstan 0.0034 t per square kilometre 2023 down 70.0% rising
132 Burkina Faso 0.0028 t per square kilometre 2023 up 30.8% volatile
133 Japan 0.0027 t per square kilometre 2023 down 98.1% volatile
134 Lesotho 0.0023 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1,675.0% volatile
135 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0023 t per square kilometre 2023 down 99.0% volatile
136 Ethiopia 0.0021 t per square kilometre 2023 down 53.4% volatile
137 Botswana 0.0021 t per square kilometre 2023 down 70.1% falling
138 Benin 0.0019 t per square kilometre 2023 up 20.2% volatile
139 Vanuatu 0.0019 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1,050.0% volatile
140 Namibia 0.0019 t per square kilometre 2023 down 71.3% volatile
141 Brazil 0.0015 t per square kilometre 2023 down 95.9% volatile
142 Congo 0.0014 t per square kilometre 2023 up 49.7% volatile
143 Liberia 0.0014 t per square kilometre 2023 up 175.5% volatile
144 Suriname 0.0013 t per square kilometre 2023 down 93.5% volatile
145 Rwanda 0.0011 t per square kilometre 2023 down 91.6% volatile
146 Mauritania 0.0009 t per square kilometre 2023 down 56.8% volatile
147 Mozambique 0.0008 t per square kilometre 2023 down 70.2% volatile
148 Iraq 0.0008 t per square kilometre 2023 down 72.0% volatile
149 Canada 0.0007 t per square kilometre 2023 down 91.3% volatile
150 Faroe Islands 0.0007 t per square kilometre 2023 down 99.7% falling
151 Sierra Leone 0.0007 t per square kilometre 2023 down 35.5% volatile
152 Guinea 0.0006 t per square kilometre 2023 up 230.4% volatile
153 Bhutan 0.0006 t per square kilometre 2023 down 30.0% volatile
154 Mali 0.0005 t per square kilometre 2023 down 79.1% volatile
155 Yemen 0.0005 t per square kilometre 2023 down 91.8% volatile
156 Gabon 0.0004 t per square kilometre 2023 down 85.0% falling
157 Solomon Islands 0.0004 t per square kilometre 2023 down 47.4% volatile
158 Libya 0.0003 t per square kilometre 2023 up 636.1% volatile
159 Sudan 0.0002 t per square kilometre 2023 down 98.2% volatile
160 Afghanistan 0.0001 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2,566.7% volatile
161 Niger 0.0001 t per square kilometre 2023 down 72.4% volatile
162 Guinea-Bissau 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 75.0% volatile
163 Somalia 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 69.4% volatile
164 Greenland 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 31.2% volatile
165 Turkmenistan 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 99.8% volatile
166 Eritrea 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 99.7% volatile
167 Angola 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
167 Andorra 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% falling
167 American Samoa 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% falling
167 Belarus 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
167 Central African Republic 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
167 Equatorial Guinea 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
167 Grenada 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
167 Saint Lucia 0 t per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
167 Mongolia 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
167 Sao Tome and Principe 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
167 Chad 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
167 Tonga 0 t per square kilometre 2023 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 0.0406 t per square kilometre

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Newsprint — 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.

Newsprint — Import quantity ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Newsprint — Import quantity, per square kilometre
Unit
t per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
179 places, 8,070 data points, 1961–2023
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Newsprint — 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.