Other paper and paperboard — Production, per capita by country
Other paper and paperboard — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
115
Highest
0.8666 t per person
Finland
Lowest
0 t per person
Zimbabwe
Median
0.0129 t per person
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
5,770
What the numbers show
Other paper and paperboard — Production, per capita is currently reported for 115 countries. The highest value is 0.8666 t per person in Finland; the lowest is 0 t per person in Zimbabwe.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0129 t per person, and the mean is 0.0456 t per person.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 816.6%), and the largest decrease in Cameroon (down 100.0%).
Other paper and paperboard — Production, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 0.8666 t per person | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 2 | Sweden | 0.5922 t per person | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 3 | Austria | 0.3396 t per person | 2024 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Slovenia | 0.2158 t per person | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 0.178 t per person | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 6 | United States | 0.1644 t per person | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 7 | Japan | 0.1204 t per person | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 8 | Spain | 0.1195 t per person | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Poland | 0.1167 t per person | 2024 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Italy | 0.114 t per person | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 11 | Canada | 0.1102 t per person | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 12 | Hungary | 0.1029 t per person | 2024 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 13 | New Zealand | 0.1008 t per person | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 14 | Croatia | 0.0947 t per person | 2024 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 15 | Australia | 0.0881 t per person | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 16 | France | 0.085 t per person | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 17 | China | 0.0806 t per person | 2024 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Slovakia | 0.0757 t per person | 2024 | up 137.1% | rising |
| 19 | Czechia | 0.0732 t per person | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 20 | Malaysia | 0.0723 t per person | 2024 | up 70.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Chile | 0.0667 t per person | 2024 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Portugal | 0.0626 t per person | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 23 | Switzerland | 0.0597 t per person | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 24 | Russia | 0.0586 t per person | 2024 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 0.0582 t per person | 2024 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 0.0578 t per person | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 27 | Serbia | 0.0548 t per person | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 28 | Belgium | 0.0512 t per person | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 29 | Lithuania | 0.0489 t per person | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Mexico | 0.0457 t per person | 2024 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 31 | Brazil | 0.0428 t per person | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 32 | Greece | 0.0421 t per person | 2024 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0415 t per person | 2024 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 34 | Eswatini | 0.0394 t per person | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 35 | United Kingdom | 0.0388 t per person | 2024 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 36 | Estonia | 0.035 t per person | 2024 | down 36.9% | rising |
| 37 | Romania | 0.035 t per person | 2024 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 38 | Belarus | 0.0337 t per person | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0336 t per person | 2024 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Argentina | 0.0327 t per person | 2024 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 41 | Turkey | 0.0295 t per person | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Norway | 0.0289 t per person | 2024 | up 36.2% | falling |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0277 t per person | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 0.027 t per person | 2024 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Israel | 0.0262 t per person | 2024 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 46 | Ukraine | 0.0258 t per person | 2024 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Vietnam | 0.0249 t per person | 2024 | up 166.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Indonesia | 0.0241 t per person | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 49 | South Africa | 0.0222 t per person | 2024 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 50 | Denmark | 0.0207 t per person | 2024 | down 63.6% | rising |
| 51 | Colombia | 0.0192 t per person | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 52 | Lebanon | 0.0177 t per person | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 0.017 t per person | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 54 | Uruguay | 0.0157 t per person | 2024 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 55 | Singapore | 0.0144 t per person | 2024 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Kuwait | 0.0137 t per person | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 57 | El Salvador | 0.0135 t per person | 2024 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Kazakhstan | 0.0129 t per person | 2024 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 59 | Bhutan | 0.0126 t per person | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 60 | Peru | 0.0124 t per person | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Latvia | 0.0123 t per person | 2024 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Tunisia | 0.0121 t per person | 2024 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Georgia | 0.0119 t per person | 2024 | up 221.4% | volatile |
| 64 | India | 0.0117 t per person | 2024 | up 75.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Ireland | 0.0111 t per person | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Ecuador | 0.0111 t per person | 2024 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.011 t per person | 2024 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 0.0105 t per person | 2024 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Paraguay | 0.0097 t per person | 2024 | up 351.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Armenia | 0.0092 t per person | 2024 | up 181.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Bahrain | 0.0076 t per person | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 72 | Barbados | 0.0071 t per person | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 73 | Philippines | 0.006 t per person | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 74 | Albania | 0.0053 t per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 0.005 t per person | 2024 | up 513.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Egypt | 0.0048 t per person | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 77 | Jordan | 0.0044 t per person | 2024 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 78 | Montenegro | 0.0033 t per person | 2024 | up 816.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Myanmar | 0.0032 t per person | 2024 | up 524.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Morocco | 0.0032 t per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 81 | Syria | 0.003 t per person | 2024 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Moldova | 0.0028 t per person | 2024 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Pakistan | 0.0026 t per person | 2024 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | 0.002 t per person | 2024 | up 117.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Guatemala | 0.0016 t per person | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 86 | Honduras | 0.0015 t per person | 2024 | down 78.5% | falling |
| 87 | Cuba | 0.0014 t per person | 2024 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Mali | 0.0012 t per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Qatar | 0.001 t per person | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 90 | Madagascar | 0.001 t per person | 2024 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Algeria | 0.001 t per person | 2024 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Libya | 0.0008 t per person | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 93 | Oman | 0.0008 t per person | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 94 | Sri Lanka | 0.0006 t per person | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 95 | Congo | 0.0005 t per person | 2024 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Nepal | 0.0004 t per person | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Mauritania | 0.0002 t per person | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 98 | Ethiopia | 0.0002 t per person | 2024 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Iraq | 0.0002 t per person | 2024 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | up 340.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Sudan | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 102 | Mozambique | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Zambia | 0 t per person | 2024 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Bangladesh | 0 t per person | 2024 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Burkina Faso | 0 t per person | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 106 | Senegal | 0 t per person | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 107 | Angola | 0 t per person | 1997 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Cameroon | 0 t per person | 1997 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 107 | Jamaica | 0 t per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Kenya | 0 t per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Luxembourg | 0 t per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Nigeria | 0 t per person | 1997 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Panama | 0 t per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Uganda | 0 t per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Zimbabwe | 0 t per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0415 t per person
How this figure is calculated
Other paper and paperboard — Production 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 — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 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 — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.