Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per square kilometre by country
Other paper and paperboard — 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
184
Highest
348.46 t per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
0 t per square kilometre
Tuvalu
Median
0.3567 t per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,022
What the numbers show
Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per square kilometre is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 348.46 t per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 0 t per square kilometre in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3567 t per square kilometre, and the mean is 4.9 t per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 126 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 13,740.0%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 100.0%).
Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 348.46 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Belgium | 61.91 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 3 | Bahrain | 49.04 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 121.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Malta | 35.28 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 29.54 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 6 | Seychelles | 27.47 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 592.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Slovenia | 16.36 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Germany | 15.11 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Czechia | 13.8 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Israel | 13.74 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Denmark | 12.96 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 12 | Mauritius | 12.14 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Poland | 11.75 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Gibraltar | 11.7 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 98.3% | rising |
| 15 | Italy | 11.28 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Bermuda | 9.54 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | rising |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 9.51 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.5 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Austria | 9.38 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 20 | El Salvador | 7.9 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 7.56 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Maldives | 7.39 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 193.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Portugal | 6.88 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Lebanon | 6.84 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Saint Lucia | 6.81 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Switzerland | 6.26 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Hungary | 6.04 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Slovakia | 5.56 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 5.37 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 134.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 5.01 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Guatemala | 4.84 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Saint Martin (French part) | 4.72 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | France | 4.65 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 34 | Kuwait | 4.57 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Croatia | 4.45 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Greece | 4.39 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Serbia | 3.94 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 38 | Spain | 3.75 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Cyprus | 3.52 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 40 | Ireland | 3.47 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 41 | Sri Lanka | 3.28 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Lithuania | 3.17 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Cayman Islands | 3.01 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 2.71 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 73.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Philippines | 2.63 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.55 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Qatar | 2.49 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 201.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Barbados | 2.39 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 49 | British Virgin Islands | 2.33 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.6% | rising |
| 50 | Romania | 2.26 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Jordan | 2.26 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Grenada | 2.22 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 2.15 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 54 | Jamaica | 2.03 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.1% | falling |
| 55 | Malaysia | 1.88 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Nauru | 1.7 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 57 | Palestine | 1.66 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 58 | Fiji | 1.63 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Andorra | 1.6 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 60 | Mexico | 1.47 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Thailand | 1.46 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 151.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Honduras | 1.41 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Armenia | 1.4 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 155.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Morocco | 1.4 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 276.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Cambodia | 1.37 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 383.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Estonia | 1.25 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 67 | Latvia | 1.21 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 68 | Japan | 1.2 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 69 | China | 1.19 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 316.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Sweden | 1.01 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Aruba | 0.95 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.2% | flat |
| 72 | New Zealand | 0.9179 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Albania | 0.9027 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 73.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.8902 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.7295 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 307.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Tunisia | 0.7105 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Azerbaijan | 0.6428 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Iraq | 0.6171 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,176.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Finland | 0.6114 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.5923 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 413.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Georgia | 0.5903 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 113.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Ecuador | 0.5831 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Panama | 0.4981 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 84 | Norway | 0.459 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 85 | Egypt | 0.4359 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4318 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Belarus | 0.424 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Rwanda | 0.4073 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 328.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Ukraine | 0.4065 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Faroe Islands | 0.4 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 91 | Senegal | 0.3663 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 81.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Oman | 0.3583 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 93 | South Africa | 0.355 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Chile | 0.3549 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Kenya | 0.3307 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Algeria | 0.3151 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 177.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Nicaragua | 0.3148 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 111.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Pakistan | 0.3014 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Uganda | 0.2996 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.6% | volatile |
| 100 | India | 0.2986 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 168.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Indonesia | 0.288 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Colombia | 0.2812 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Uzbekistan | 0.2583 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 163.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2455 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.6% | falling |
| 105 | Ghana | 0.2429 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 96.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Canada | 0.2258 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Peru | 0.2053 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Uruguay | 0.1806 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 109 | New Caledonia | 0.1752 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 110 | Djibouti | 0.1741 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Montenegro | 0.1705 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 112 | Paraguay | 0.1663 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Cuba | 0.1593 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Togo | 0.1558 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 176.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Nepal | 0.1467 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 115.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Samoa | 0.1353 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Marshall Islands | 0.1333 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Myanmar | 0.1312 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 155.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Cameroon | 0.1214 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Yemen | 0.119 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Argentina | 0.1088 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Malawi | 0.1067 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Zimbabwe | 0.106 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Haiti | 0.1044 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Nigeria | 0.0941 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Gambia | 0.0763 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 166.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Zambia | 0.0735 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 209.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Dominica | 0.072 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Comoros | 0.0639 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Lesotho | 0.063 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.8% | rising |
| 131 | Bahamas | 0.0594 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0575 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Tajikistan | 0.0562 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 108.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Australia | 0.0559 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Palau | 0.0522 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.5% | falling |
| 136 | Belize | 0.0516 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Bhutan | 0.0499 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Madagascar | 0.0488 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 111.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Eswatini | 0.0447 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Kazakhstan | 0.0424 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Namibia | 0.0419 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 142 | Tonga | 0.0403 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 143 | French Polynesia | 0.0395 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0372 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 154.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Angola | 0.0355 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 160.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0336 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 142.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Ethiopia | 0.0324 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Kiribati | 0.0321 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Iceland | 0.0311 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.3% | rising |
| 150 | Liberia | 0.0306 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,533.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0304 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Brazil | 0.0303 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Libya | 0.0296 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 153.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Botswana | 0.0262 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Guinea | 0.0241 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 762.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Suriname | 0.0179 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Afghanistan | 0.0175 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,897.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Mozambique | 0.0168 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 154.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Mongolia | 0.0166 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 122.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Benin | 0.016 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0146 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Congo | 0.0146 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 304.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Turkmenistan | 0.0131 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Vanuatu | 0.0127 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Gabon | 0.0122 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Sudan | 0.0098 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 167 | Sierra Leone | 0.0098 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 697.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Guam | 0.0093 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Mauritania | 0.0088 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 211.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Burkina Faso | 0.0083 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 223.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Burundi | 0.0082 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Guyana | 0.008 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 145.2% | falling |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 0.008 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 364.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.004 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Mali | 0.0033 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Somalia | 0.0028 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 791.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Eritrea | 0.0017 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 178 | South Sudan | 0.0011 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13,740.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Greenland | 0.0011 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 109.9% | falling |
| 180 | Central African Republic | 0.0009 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 121.5% | volatile |
| 181 | Niger | 0.0007 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 176.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Chad | 0.0003 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 206.1% | volatile |
| 183 | American Samoa | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Tuvalu | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.5493 t per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Other paper and paperboard — 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.
Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.