Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
218
Highest
520 % change on previous year
Guam
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Tuvalu
Median
6.41 % change on previous year
Years covered
63
1962–2024
Data points
13,121
What the numbers show
Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 520 % change on previous year in Guam; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.41 % change on previous year, and the mean is 11.77 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Belgium (up 27,287.5%), and the largest decrease in Somalia (down 2,211.2%).
Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guam | 520 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Bahamas | 219.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 95.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Guyana | 188.35 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 260.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Cayman Islands | 174.27 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Sao Tome and Principe | 150 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 3,212.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Djibouti | 135.73 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 335.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Tonga | 131.03 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 135.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Lesotho | 119.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 9 | Palestine, State of | 114.96 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 490.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Aruba | 112.86 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 637.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Greenland | 110.07 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 163.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Benin | 81.21 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 80.38 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 174.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Andorra | 79.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Rwanda | 72.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Ghana | 69.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 203.4% | volatile |
| 17 | French Polynesia | 64.96 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 2,466.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Chile | 64.78 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,765.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Tunisia | 59.21 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 718.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Christmas Island | 57.78 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Belize | 57.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Cambodia | 55.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 23 | India | 50.93 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 202.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Niue | 50 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 49.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Serbia and Montenegro | 46.15 % change on previous year | 2005 | up 284.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Lebanon | 43.42 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 582.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Curaçao | 43.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Northern Mariana Islands | 42.86 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Gabon | 42.71 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 265.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Qatar | 41.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Peru | 39.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 364.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 36.53 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Madagascar | 34.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,642.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Morocco | 34.28 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32.35 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,826.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Egypt | 30.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 3,173.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Philippines | 27.74 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 74.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Ukraine | 26.79 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Turkmenistan | 26.63 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 25.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Colombia | 25.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 811.3% | volatile |
| 43 | New Zealand | 25.43 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 284.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Malawi | 25.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Papua New Guinea | 25.1 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Luxembourg | 23.47 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Grenada | 23.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 181.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Jordan | 22.95 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Thailand | 21.83 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Jamaica | 21.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 20.78 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Ireland | 20.77 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,331.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 20.28 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Belgium | 20.19 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 27,287.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Serbia | 19.64 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Guatemala | 19.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 129.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Azerbaijan | 18.97 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Malta | 18.86 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 18,363.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Paraguay | 18.8 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Mauritania | 18.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Burundi | 18.48 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 129.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Montserrat | 18.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Australia and New Zealand | 17.32 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Lithuania | 16.97 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Cyprus | 16.96 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,157.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Indonesia | 16.86 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 366.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Republic of Korea | 16.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Estonia | 15.78 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Equatorial Guinea | 15.72 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Kenya | 15.59 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Romania | 15.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 2,582.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Panama | 15.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Yemen | 14.51 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Sweden | 14.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 351.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Brazil | 13.81 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,285.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Greece | 13.66 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 88.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Poland | 13.64 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 74.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Saudi Arabia | 13.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 2,210.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Norfolk Island | 13.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 80 | Croatia | 12.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 12.77 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 258.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Australia | 12.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Georgia | 12.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Bangladesh | 12.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Spain | 12.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 75.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Togo | 12 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Israel | 11.78 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Ecuador | 11.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Afghanistan | 11.32 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 95.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Costa Rica | 11.23 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 363.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Albania | 10.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Bulgaria | 10.68 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Bahrain | 10.32 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Canada | 10.31 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 10.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 189.5% | volatile |
| 96 | South Africa | 9.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 172.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Uganda | 8.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,345.5% | volatile |
| 98 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 8.89 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 292.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Czechia | 8.83 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 8.73 % change on previous year | 1999 | up 1,516.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Niger | 8.64 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Mauritius | 8.64 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 95.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Portugal | 8.21 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 18,923.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Mexico | 8.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Norway | 7.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Nepal | 7.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Guinea | 6.99 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Malaysia | 6.66 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Sudan (former) | 6.53 % change on previous year | 2011 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Anguilla | 6.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 6.19 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Germany | 6.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Vanuatu | 5.81 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 89.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Mongolia | 5.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Honduras | 5.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 234.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Italy | 5.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Nicaragua | 4.7 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Finland | 4.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 191.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Slovak Republic | 3.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 165.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.43 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Mozambique | 3.38 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 122 | El Salvador | 3.38 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 147.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Austria | 3.31 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 15,213.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Faroe Islands | 3.28 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Bhutan | 3.1 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 126 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 278.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Fiji | 2.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 121.4% | volatile |
| 128 | South Sudan | 2.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Maldives | 1.95 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 0.8775 % change on previous year | 2010 | up 115.8% | volatile |
| 131 | France | 0.8427 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Gambia | 0.7772 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Senegal | 0.1517 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 134 | French Guiana | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Guadeloupe | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Martinique | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 134 | USSR | 0 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Czechoslovakia | 0 % change on previous year | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Pitcairn | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 134 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Ethiopia PDR | 0 % change on previous year | 1987 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Réunion | 0 % change on previous year | 1997 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Yugoslav SFR | 0 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Algeria | -0.1673 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 102.8% | volatile |
| 146 | New Caledonia | -0.281 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 111.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Argentina | -0.3636 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 96.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Hungary | -0.4883 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 104.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Uruguay | -0.6993 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 91.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Kazakhstan | -2.43 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 104.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Switzerland | -2.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Japan | -2.85 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Pakistan | -4.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 112.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Marshall Islands | -4.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Eritrea | -4.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 91.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Cameroon | -4.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 190.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Zambia | -5.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 107.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Cuba | -5.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Kuwait | -5.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 111.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Latvia | -6.52 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Singapore | -7 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 189.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Montenegro | -7.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 106.9% | volatile |
| 163 | China (People’s Republic of) | -7.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 600.3% | volatile |
| 164 | China, mainland | -7.59 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 959.4% | volatile |
| 165 | British Virgin Islands | -7.74 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Slovenia | -8.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 145.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Gibraltar | -8.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Russian Federation | -9.85 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Zimbabwe | -10.86 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 165.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Libya | -14.03 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Oman | -14.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 139.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Guinea-Bissau | -15.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Uzbekistan | -15.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Iceland | -15.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 238.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Barbados | -16.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 145.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Namibia | -16.27 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 177.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -16.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Iraq | -16.63 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 148.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Samoa | -16.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Turks and Caicos Islands | -16.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Armenia | -17.27 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 181.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Denmark | -17.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Sierra Leone | -18.59 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 109.5% | volatile |
| 184 | Tajikistan | -18.87 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Suriname | -22.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 596.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Saint Lucia | -23.53 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 49.9% | volatile |
| 187 | Bermuda | -23.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 188 | Seychelles | -23.97 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Antigua and Barbuda | -25.93 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 271.6% | volatile |
| 190 | Myanmar | -27.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 130.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Botswana | -28.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 355.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Brunei Darussalam | -28.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 129.5% | volatile |
| 193 | Palau | -29.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Liberia | -30.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 118.0% | volatile |
| 195 | Solomon Islands | -31.84 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 227.4% | volatile |
| 196 | Haiti | -31.87 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 197 | Nigeria | -32.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 659.1% | volatile |
| 198 | Tokelau | -32.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 199 | Congo | -34.57 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 109.5% | volatile |
| 200 | China, Macao SAR | -34.97 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 201 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | -35 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 202 | Chad | -35.53 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 138.6% | volatile |
| 203 | Comoros | -37.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 204 | China, Hong Kong SAR | -39.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 665.5% | volatile |
| 205 | Angola | -42.23 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 286.8% | volatile |
| 206 | Naoero | -42.37 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 207 | Mali | -45.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,058.5% | volatile |
| 208 | Somalia | -47.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 2,211.2% | volatile |
| 209 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | -50 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 210 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | -54.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 211 | Central African Republic | -55.21 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 612.6% | volatile |
| 212 | Cook Islands | -66.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 213 | Ethiopia | -66.99 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 360.3% | volatile |
| 214 | Dominica | -68.97 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 170.6% | volatile |
| 215 | Belarus | -74.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 489.7% | volatile |
| 216 | Kiribati | -88.46 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 217 | Sudan | -92.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 745.2% | volatile |
| 218 | Eswatini | -94.34 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,223.0% | volatile |
| 219 | Tuvalu | -100 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Asia 26.25 % change on previous year
- South America 26.15 % change on previous year
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 19.54 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa 19.31 % change on previous year
- South-Eastern Asia 19.29 % change on previous year
- Oceania 16.82 % change on previous year
- Caribbean 14.96 % change on previous year
- United States of America 14.28 % change on previous year
- Africa 13.83 % change on previous year
- Americas 13.56 % change on previous year
- Northern America 12.83 % change on previous year
- Côte d'Ivoire 11.94 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.