Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita (paper) in Australia
Australia: Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita (paper) was 0.0178 t per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
Australia recorded 0.0178 t per person for other paper and paperboard — import quantity, per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of up 10.5% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other paper and paperboard — import quantity, per capita in Australia peaked at 0.0229 t per person in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0.006 t per person, in 1969.
That places Australia 57th out of 184 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita (paper) in Australia, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0092 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0067 t per person | -26.7% |
| 1963 | 0.0067 t per person | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0065 t per person | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 0.0077 t per person | +17.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0062 t per person | -19.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0069 t per person | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 0.0064 t per person | -7.4% |
| 1969 | 0.006 t per person | -6.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0065 t per person | +7.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0073 t per person | +13.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0073 t per person | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0086 t per person | +17.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0131 t per person | +53.3% |
| 1975 | 0.0118 t per person | -10.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0097 t per person | -17.4% |
| 1977 | 0.011 t per person | +13.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0107 t per person | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 0.0122 t per person | +13.5% |
| 1980 | 0.012 t per person | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0129 t per person | +7.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0136 t per person | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 0.0131 t per person | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0154 t per person | +17.2% |
| 1985 | 0.0163 t per person | +6.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0155 t per person | -5.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0119 t per person | -23.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0229 t per person | +93.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0092 t per person | -60.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0096 t per person | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0088 t per person | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0099 t per person | +12.9% |
| 1993 | 0.012 t per person | +20.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0143 t per person | +19.5% |
| 1995 | 0.017 t per person | +18.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0138 t per person | -18.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0142 t per person | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0199 t per person | +40.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0197 t per person | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0202 t per person | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0163 t per person | -19.5% |
| 2002 | 0.013 t per person | -20.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0125 t per person | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0137 t per person | +9.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0137 t per person | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.016 t per person | +16.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0181 t per person | +12.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0145 t per person | -19.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0169 t per person | +16.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0164 t per person | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0167 t per person | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0186 t per person | +11.5% |
| 2013 | 0.017 t per person | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0184 t per person | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0191 t per person | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0203 t per person | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0203 t per person | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0207 t per person | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0207 t per person | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.02 t per person | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0185 t per person | -7.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0184 t per person | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0161 t per person | -12.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0178 t per person | +10.5% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 0.0178 t per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0298 t per person, 60% of the median. (69 countries reporting)
- Australia's 0.0178 t per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.002 t per person, 8.8× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita (paper) in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +93.1% | 0.0119 t per person | 0.0229 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0069 t per person | 0.006 t per person | 0.0092 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0098 t per person | 0.0065 t per person | 0.0131 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0143 t per person | 0.0092 t per person | 0.0229 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0139 t per person | 0.0088 t per person | 0.0199 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0155 t per person | 0.0125 t per person | 0.0202 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0188 t per person | 0.0164 t per person | 0.0207 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0182 t per person | 0.0161 t per person | 0.02 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More environment data for Australia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6708 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0861 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other paper and paperboard — import quantity, per capita in Australia?
- Other paper and paperboard — import quantity, per capita in Australia was 0.0178 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest other paper and paperboard — import quantity, per capita recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0229 t per person in 1988.
- What is the lowest other paper and paperboard — import quantity, per capita recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.006 t per person in 1969.
- How does Australia rank for other paper and paperboard — import quantity, per capita?
- Australia ranks 57th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other paper and paperboard — import quantity, per capita rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.