Paper and paperboard — Production by country

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

• World 423.02 million t
• Asia 227.96 million t
• Eastern Asia 173.25 million t
• Americas 94.56 million t
• Europe 94.14 million t
• European Union (27) 76.11 million t
• Northern America 70.81 million t
• United States of America 62.46 million t
• Western Europe 34.81 million t
• South-Eastern Asia 25.22 million t
• Southern Asia 24.03 million t
• Eastern Europe 21.05 million t
• Northern Europe 19.74 million t
• Southern Europe 18.55 million t
• South America 16.73 million t
• Central America 6.86 million t
• Western Asia 5.12 million t
• Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4.53 million t
• Oceania 3.18 million t
• Africa 3.17 million t
• Southern Africa 1.85 million t
• Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.74 million t
• Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.48 million t
• Northern Africa 1.10 million t
• Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 462,190 t
• Central Asia 339,499 t
• Small island developing States (SIDS) 249,600 t
• Eastern Africa 154,809 t
• Western Africa 58,182 t
• Middle Africa 6,000 t