Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita by country
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.
Countries reporting
184
Highest
0.2521 t per person
Belgium
Lowest
0 t per person
Chad
Median
0.012 t per person
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
9,334
What the numbers show
Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 0.2521 t per person in Belgium; the lowest is 0 t per person in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.012 t per person, and the mean is 0.0269 t per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8,702.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 9,789.6%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 97.5%).
Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 0.2521 t per person | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 0.2251 t per person | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 3 | Slovenia | 0.197 t per person | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Czechia | 0.1414 t per person | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 5 | Poland | 0.1411 t per person | 2024 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Austria | 0.1226 t per person | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1211 t per person | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 8 | Germany | 0.1063 t per person | 2024 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 9 | Lithuania | 0.106 t per person | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Denmark | 0.0991 t per person | 2024 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 11 | Croatia | 0.098 t per person | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 0.0898 t per person | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 13 | Seychelles | 0.0833 t per person | 2024 | up 515.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Portugal | 0.0815 t per person | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Hungary | 0.0814 t per person | 2024 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Italy | 0.0813 t per person | 2024 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Estonia | 0.0794 t per person | 2024 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 18 | Greece | 0.0793 t per person | 2024 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Latvia | 0.0763 t per person | 2024 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 20 | Serbia | 0.0758 t per person | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 21 | Slovakia | 0.0738 t per person | 2024 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 22 | Sweden | 0.0724 t per person | 2024 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 23 | New Zealand | 0.0722 t per person | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Ireland | 0.0688 t per person | 2024 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 0.0638 t per person | 2024 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Canada | 0.063 t per person | 2024 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 27 | France | 0.0618 t per person | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Singapore | 0.0613 t per person | 2024 | down 73.6% | rising |
| 29 | Spain | 0.058 t per person | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Switzerland | 0.0576 t per person | 2024 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.057 t per person | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 32 | Finland | 0.0474 t per person | 2024 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Israel | 0.0469 t per person | 2024 | down 39.2% | rising |
| 34 | Nauru | 0.046 t per person | 2024 | up 1,354.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Romania | 0.0443 t per person | 2024 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Norway | 0.0421 t per person | 2024 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 37 | North Macedonia | 0.0415 t per person | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 38 | Fiji | 0.0409 t per person | 2024 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Cyprus | 0.0397 t per person | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 40 | Malta | 0.0393 t per person | 2024 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0392 t per person | 2024 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Guatemala | 0.0383 t per person | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Bahrain | 0.0371 t per person | 2024 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.037 t per person | 2024 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Andorra | 0.0368 t per person | 2024 | up 279.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Cayman Islands | 0.035 t per person | 2024 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Malaysia | 0.0339 t per person | 2024 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Australia | 0.0326 t per person | 2024 | down 47.0% | rising |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 0.0307 t per person | 2024 | up 48.9% | volatile |
| 50 | El Salvador | 0.0303 t per person | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Djibouti | 0.0302 t per person | 2024 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Mexico | 0.03 t per person | 2024 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Chile | 0.0299 t per person | 2024 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Jordan | 0.0297 t per person | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 55 | Mauritius | 0.0295 t per person | 2024 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Morocco | 0.0264 t per person | 2024 | up 120.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Lebanon | 0.0264 t per person | 2024 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 58 | Cambodia | 0.0259 t per person | 2024 | up 134.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Kuwait | 0.0259 t per person | 2024 | down 55.8% | rising |
| 60 | Tunisia | 0.0248 t per person | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Dominica | 0.0239 t per person | 2024 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Qatar | 0.0237 t per person | 2024 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 63 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0225 t per person | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 64 | Algeria | 0.0216 t per person | 2024 | up 53.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Uruguay | 0.0214 t per person | 2024 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Oman | 0.0213 t per person | 2024 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Greenland | 0.0205 t per person | 2024 | up 111.2% | falling |
| 68 | Paraguay | 0.0196 t per person | 2024 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Saint Lucia | 0.0195 t per person | 2024 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 0.0191 t per person | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Peru | 0.0187 t per person | 2024 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Thailand | 0.018 t per person | 2024 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Honduras | 0.0174 t per person | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 74 | Eswatini | 0.0171 t per person | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 75 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0168 t per person | 2024 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 76 | Georgia | 0.0165 t per person | 2024 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 77 | New Caledonia | 0.0162 t per person | 2024 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Iceland | 0.0161 t per person | 2024 | down 81.3% | rising |
| 79 | Faroe Islands | 0.0161 t per person | 2024 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 80 | Albania | 0.0157 t per person | 2024 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0152 t per person | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Bermuda | 0.015 t per person | 2024 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 83 | Ecuador | 0.0149 t per person | 2024 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 84 | Barbados | 0.0145 t per person | 2024 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Armenia | 0.014 t per person | 2024 | up 43.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Namibia | 0.0128 t per person | 2024 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 87 | Jamaica | 0.0128 t per person | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 88 | Philippines | 0.0127 t per person | 2024 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Panama | 0.0127 t per person | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 90 | Gibraltar | 0.0125 t per person | 2024 | up 323.2% | volatile |
| 91 | South Africa | 0.012 t per person | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 92 | Ukraine | 0.012 t per person | 2024 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Mongolia | 0.012 t per person | 2024 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Montenegro | 0.0118 t per person | 2024 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 95 | Colombia | 0.011 t per person | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 96 | Bahamas | 0.0109 t per person | 2024 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Aruba | 0.0099 t per person | 2024 | down 54.0% | rising |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 0.0095 t per person | 2024 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0094 t per person | 2024 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Argentina | 0.0093 t per person | 2024 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Egypt | 0.0092 t per person | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 102 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0088 t per person | 2024 | up 2,956.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Grenada | 0.0087 t per person | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 104 | China | 0.0086 t per person | 2024 | up 158.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Botswana | 0.0085 t per person | 2024 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Kazakhstan | 0.0085 t per person | 2024 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Maldives | 0.0084 t per person | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 108 | Guyana | 0.0078 t per person | 2024 | up 36.0% | falling |
| 109 | Libya | 0.0078 t per person | 2024 | up 87.1% | rising |
| 110 | Japan | 0.0076 t per person | 2024 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 0.0075 t per person | 2023 | up 50.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Kenya | 0.0066 t per person | 2024 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Iraq | 0.0065 t per person | 2024 | up 391.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0061 t per person | 2024 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Suriname | 0.006 t per person | 2024 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Belize | 0.0057 t per person | 2024 | down 47.1% | rising |
| 117 | Bangladesh | 0.0053 t per person | 2024 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 0.0051 t per person | 2024 | up 70.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Palestine | 0.005 t per person | 2024 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 120 | Ghana | 0.0047 t per person | 2024 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Senegal | 0.0046 t per person | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 122 | Gabon | 0.0045 t per person | 2024 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Belarus | 0.0044 t per person | 2024 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Palau | 0.0043 t per person | 2024 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Samoa | 0.0036 t per person | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Marshall Islands | 0.0035 t per person | 2024 | up 378.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Zimbabwe | 0.0034 t per person | 2024 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 128 | American Samoa | 0.0034 t per person | 2024 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Bhutan | 0.0034 t per person | 2024 | up 82.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Zambia | 0.0033 t per person | 2024 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Cameroon | 0.0032 t per person | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 132 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0031 t per person | 2024 | down 46.4% | rising |
| 133 | Indonesia | 0.0031 t per person | 2024 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 134 | French Polynesia | 0.0031 t per person | 2024 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Cuba | 0.003 t per person | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Uganda | 0.003 t per person | 2024 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Guam | 0.0027 t per person | 2024 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Nepal | 0.0027 t per person | 2024 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0026 t per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 140 | Mauritania | 0.0025 t per person | 2024 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Brazil | 0.0025 t per person | 2024 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Yemen | 0.0024 t per person | 2024 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Tonga | 0.0022 t per person | 2024 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Myanmar | 0.0022 t per person | 2024 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 145 | India | 0.0022 t per person | 2024 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Lesotho | 0.0021 t per person | 2024 | down 24.8% | flat |
| 147 | Turkmenistan | 0.0019 t per person | 2024 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Vanuatu | 0.0019 t per person | 2024 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Madagascar | 0.0017 t per person | 2024 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Togo | 0.0016 t per person | 2024 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0016 t per person | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Pakistan | 0.0016 t per person | 2024 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 153 | Congo | 0.0015 t per person | 2024 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Rwanda | 0.0013 t per person | 2024 | up 85.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Angola | 0.0012 t per person | 2024 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Tuvalu | 0.0011 t per person | 2024 | up 317.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Nigeria | 0.0011 t per person | 2024 | down 63.0% | rising |
| 158 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0011 t per person | 2024 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Malawi | 0.001 t per person | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Kiribati | 0.001 t per person | 2024 | up 2,772.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Solomon Islands | 0.0009 t per person | 2024 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Benin | 0.0009 t per person | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0008 t per person | 2024 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Tajikistan | 0.0008 t per person | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Gambia | 0.0008 t per person | 2024 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Liberia | 0.0007 t per person | 2024 | up 102.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Mozambique | 0.0007 t per person | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Guinea | 0.0007 t per person | 2024 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Haiti | 0.0006 t per person | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Burkina Faso | 0.0005 t per person | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Afghanistan | 0.0004 t per person | 2024 | up 183.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Eritrea | 0.0004 t per person | 2024 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Sierra Leone | 0.0003 t per person | 2024 | up 79.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0003 t per person | 2024 | up 69.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Ethiopia | 0.0002 t per person | 2024 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Comoros | 0.0002 t per person | 2024 | up 49.5% | volatile |
| 177 | South Sudan | 0.0002 t per person | 2024 | up 9,789.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Somalia | 0.0002 t per person | 2024 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Central African Republic | 0.0002 t per person | 2024 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Mali | 0.0002 t per person | 2024 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Niger | 0.0002 t per person | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Burundi | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Sudan | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | down 97.5% | falling |
| 184 | Chad | 0 t per person | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0137 t per person
How this figure is calculated
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.
Paper and paperboard — Import quantity ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- 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
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.