Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Paper and paperboard — Import value. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
219
Highest
361.04 % change on previous year
Northern Mariana Islands
Lowest
-91.55 % change on previous year
Sudan
Median
0 % change on previous year
Years covered
63
1962–2024
Data points
13,368
What the numbers show
Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate is currently reported for 219 countries. The highest value is 361.04 % change on previous year in Northern Mariana Islands; the lowest is -91.55 % change on previous year in Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 % change on previous year, and the mean is 6.46 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Belgium-Luxembourg (up 27,301.3%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 15,379.7%).
Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Mariana Islands | 361.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Dominica | 235.73 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 3 | American Samoa | 228 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 227.27 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Faroe Islands | 159.78 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 6 | Eswatini | 153.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 2,682.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Andorra | 144.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 132.69 % change on previous year | 1999 | up 27,301.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Serbia and Montenegro | 126.9 % change on previous year | 2005 | up 745.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Sao Tome and Principe | 79.68 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 611.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Pitcairn | 79.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Tunisia | 71.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 182.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Luxembourg | 67.47 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Uganda | 63.49 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 932.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Niger | 48.03 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Greenland | 36.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 279.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 104.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Guinea-Bissau | 34.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,484.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Djibouti | 33.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 264.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Cayman Islands | 32.71 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 10,106.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 32 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Rwanda | 31.1 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 30.81 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Ghana | 30.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 854.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Chile | 29.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 605.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Eritrea | 29.48 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 169.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Mongolia | 25.16 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Palestine | 24.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 241.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 54.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Marshall Islands | 23.12 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Guyana | 22.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,298.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Kyrgyzstan | 22.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 372.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Lesotho | 21.89 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 317.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Kiribati | 21.86 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Christmas Island | 21.43 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 19.51 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Bahamas | 19.48 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Tuvalu | 18.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Belize | 18.15 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 381.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Bermuda | 17.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Lebanon | 17.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Gabon | 15.59 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 179.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Cambodia | 15.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Morocco | 15.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Jamaica | 14.49 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 2,752.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Philippines | 13.65 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Romania | 13 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 257.3% | volatile |
| 48 | United Arab Emirates | 12.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Colombia | 11.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Ukraine | 11.79 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Samoa | 11.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Serbia | 11.48 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Palau | 10.68 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Paraguay | 10.43 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Grenada | 10.41 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 159.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Peru | 10.21 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 184.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Jordan | 10.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Thailand | 9.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Croatia | 9.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Malawi | 8.35 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Nauru | 8.15 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Egypt | 7.93 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 333.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Canada | 7.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 2,097.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Kenya | 7.84 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Cyprus | 7.59 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 530.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Pakistan | 7.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Greece | 7.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 6.87 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Sweden | 6.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 246.8% | volatile |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 6.46 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 253.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Lithuania | 6.41 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Norfolk Island | 5.41 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 5.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Spain | 5.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 110.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Belgium | 5.21 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 121.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Papua New Guinea | 5.05 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Madagascar | 5.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Malaysia | 4.96 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 561.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Mauritius | 4.81 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 142.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Bangladesh | 4.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Anguilla | 4.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 82 | New Zealand | 4.31 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Uruguay | 4.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 197.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Poland | 4.21 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Saudi Arabia | 4.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 300.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Qatar | 3.97 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 86.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Guatemala | 3.91 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 88 | India | 3.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Republic of Korea | 3.68 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Indonesia | 3.68 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 241.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Albania | 3.59 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Portugal | 3.35 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 334.1% | volatile |
| 93 | South Africa | 3.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 96.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Sri Lanka | 2.74 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 89.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Vanuatu | 2.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Israel | 2.35 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Slovenia | 2.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 79.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 1.52 % change on previous year | 2010 | up 112.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 1.47 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Norway | 1.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 115.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 1.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 126.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Czechia | 1.16 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Slovakia | 0.5415 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 104 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.426 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Botswana | 0.335 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 106 | France | 0.1622 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 146.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Georgia | 0.1564 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 108 | French Guiana | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Guadeloupe | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Martinique | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Montserrat | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 108 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Réunion | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Yugoslav SFR | 0 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | -0.0961 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 95.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Gibraltar | -0.5872 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Kazakhstan | -0.7195 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 105.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Bhutan | -0.7225 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 102.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Italy | -1.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 182.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Brazil | -1.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 66.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Panama | -1.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 297.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Finland | -1.32 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 83.0% | volatile |
| 124 | China, Taiwan Province of | -1.54 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 150.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Gambia | -1.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 101.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Liberia | -1.58 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 288.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Australia and New Zealand | -1.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 855.0% | volatile |
| 128 | USSR | -1.93 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 129.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Malta | -2.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 223.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Mexico | -2.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 141.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Benin | -2.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Niue | -2.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 133 | China, Hong Kong SAR | -2.87 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Latvia | -2.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 135 | China, Macao SAR | -2.95 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 346.3% | volatile |
| 136 | China | -3.07 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Togo | -3.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 108.5% | volatile |
| 138 | China, mainland | -3.35 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Germany | -3.63 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 244.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Burkina Faso | -3.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 102.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Cameroon | -4.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 113.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Australia | -4.05 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Ireland | -4.57 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 15,379.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Austria | -4.91 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 3,495.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Hungary | -5.12 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 305.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Estonia | -5.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 185.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Algeria | -5.86 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 121.1% | volatile |
| 148 | British Virgin Islands | -6.21 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Mauritania | -6.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 160.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Senegal | -6.31 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Turkmenistan | -6.72 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Maldives | -7.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,123.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Japan | -7.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Montenegro | -7.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Turks and Caicos Islands | -8.49 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Switzerland | -8.66 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 185.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Namibia | -8.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 161.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Curaçao | -9.1 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 6,817.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Ecuador | -9.31 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 712.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Brunei Darussalam | -9.72 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 221.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Equatorial Guinea | -9.83 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 107.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Zambia | -9.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 123.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Denmark | -10.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | -10.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Fiji | -11.32 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 118.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Seychelles | -12.73 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 167 | El Salvador | -12.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 385.8% | volatile |
| 168 | French Polynesia | -12.85 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 161.5% | volatile |
| 169 | New Caledonia | -13.07 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 149.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Sudan (former) | -13.16 % change on previous year | 2011 | down 560.8% | volatile |
| 171 | South Sudan | -13.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Iceland | -13.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,610.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | -14.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 113.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Barbados | -15.57 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 136.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Bahrain | -15.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 129.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Nicaragua | -15.76 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 295.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Aruba | -15.85 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 498.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Czechoslovakia | -15.99 % change on previous year | 1992 | down 5,654.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Zimbabwe | -16.83 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 203.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Saint Lucia | -16.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Mozambique | -17.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 130.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Angola | -17.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 318.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Nepal | -19.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 109.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Honduras | -20.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 998.5% | volatile |
| 185 | Guam | -20.27 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 186 | Russian Federation | -20.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 82.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Tonga | -20.98 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 109.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Armenia | -21.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 292.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Suriname | -21.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 218.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Afghanistan | -23.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 110.4% | volatile |
| 191 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | -23.02 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 192 | Guinea | -23.21 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 175.5% | volatile |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -23.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 194 | Singapore | -24.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,227.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Argentina | -24.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 186.1% | volatile |
| 196 | Ethiopia PDR | -24.64 % change on previous year | 1992 | down 255.6% | volatile |
| 197 | Cuba | -24.71 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 198 | Cook Islands | -25.6 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 199 | Yemen | -27.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,022.9% | volatile |
| 200 | Kuwait | -30.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 188.5% | volatile |
| 201 | Tokelau | -30.91 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 202 | Sierra Leone | -31.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 190.6% | volatile |
| 203 | Oman | -33.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 195.1% | volatile |
| 204 | Belarus | -34.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 306.7% | volatile |
| 205 | Mali | -34.85 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 206 | Antigua and Barbuda | -35.31 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 452.0% | volatile |
| 207 | Libya | -35.72 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 264.5% | volatile |
| 208 | Haiti | -38.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 209 | Iraq | -38.83 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 169.5% | volatile |
| 210 | Myanmar | -41.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 166.1% | volatile |
| 211 | Nigeria | -44.43 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 426.9% | volatile |
| 212 | Central African Republic | -46.8 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 141.0% | volatile |
| 213 | Somalia | -48.53 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 156.1% | volatile |
| 214 | Congo | -48.99 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 187.0% | volatile |
| 215 | Chad | -56.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 148.1% | volatile |
| 216 | Burundi | -58.52 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 217 | Comoros | -60.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 218 | Tajikistan | -61.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 219 | Ethiopia | -74.58 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 288.0% | volatile |
| 220 | Sudan | -91.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 6,368.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Timor-Leste 52.41 % change on previous year
- Micronesia 15.41 % change on previous year
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 36.78 % change on previous year
- Wallis and Futuna Islands 11.59 % change on previous year
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 24.7 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa 6.83 % change on previous year
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 11.24 % change on previous year
- Northern America 6.05 % change on previous year
- Republic of Moldova 9.85 % change on previous year
- United States of America 5.42 % change on previous year
- Viet Nam 8.52 % change on previous year
- Central Asia 5.13 % change on previous year
- South-Eastern Asia 4.96 % change on previous year
- United Republic of Tanzania 2.26 % change on previous year
- Caribbean 4.47 % change on previous year
- Polynesia -4.3 % change on previous year
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 3.74 % change on previous year
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) -4.54 % change on previous year
- Southern Africa 3.62 % change on previous year
- Melanesia -6.33 % change on previous year
- Americas 3.18 % change on previous year
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) -8.16 % change on previous year
- Southern Europe 3.15 % change on previous year
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) -9.96 % change on previous year
- South America 2.34 % change on previous year
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea -13.79 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia 1.95 % change on previous year
- Middle Africa -14.45 % change on previous year
- Eastern Europe 0.8536 % change on previous year
- Democratic Republic of the Congo -20.57 % change on previous year
- World 0.699 % change on previous year
- Syrian Arab Republic -25.89 % change on previous year
- Europe 0.4131 % change on previous year
- Northern Europe -0.1196 % change on previous year
- Asia -0.1344 % change on previous year
- Western Europe -0.9857 % change on previous year
- Africa -1.07 % change on previous year
- Oceania -2.1 % change on previous year
- Central America -2.56 % change on previous year
- Eastern Asia -2.66 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Paper and paperboard — Import value. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Paper and paperboard — Import value Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Paper and paperboard — Import value. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.