Paper and paperboard — Production, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Paper and paperboard — Production. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
138
Highest
162.98 % change on previous year
Honduras
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Median
0 % change on previous year
Years covered
63
1962–2024
Data points
8,345
What the numbers show
Paper and paperboard — Production, annual growth rate is currently reported for 138 countries. The highest value is 162.98 % change on previous year in Honduras; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Bolivia (Plurinational State of).
The median across all reporting countries is 0 % change on previous year, and the mean is -6.94 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Italy (up 15,247.8%), and the largest decrease in Australia and New Zealand (down 2,242.4%).
Paper and paperboard — Production, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras | 162.98 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Estonia | 61.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 7,477.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Serbia and Montenegro | 44.03 % change on previous year | 2005 | up 1,396.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Lithuania | 18.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 818.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Slovenia | 16.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 419.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Moldova | 16.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 16.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Malaysia | 15.27 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 200.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Austria | 13.35 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 2,194.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Czechia | 13.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 11 | New Zealand | 10.98 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,729.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Romania | 10.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Brazil | 9.66 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 2,294.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Switzerland | 8.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 148.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Croatia | 8.64 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 173.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Spain | 8.46 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 187.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Slovakia | 8.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Sweden | 7.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 322.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 7.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 2,542.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Finland | 6.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 499.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Italy | 6.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 15,247.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Poland | 6.21 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 23 | France | 6.07 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 823.7% | volatile |
| 24 | India | 5.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Russia | 5.63 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Russian Federation | 5.63 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 27 | China, mainland | 5.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 28 | China | 4.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.71 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 116.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Mexico | 3.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 689.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Portugal | 3.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 32 | United States | 3.15 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 66.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Germany | 2.98 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 379.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Hungary | 2.13 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Chile | 2.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 172.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Canada | 2.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 157.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Thailand | 2.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 1.99 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 155.2% | volatile |
| 38 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.99 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 155.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Uruguay | 1.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 120.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Colombia | 1.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Republic of Korea | 0.5769 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 146.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Pakistan | 0.505 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Azerbaijan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Bangladesh | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Bahrain | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Belarus | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Bhutan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Cuba | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Denmark | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Algeria | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Ecuador | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Egypt | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Ethiopia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Greece | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Guatemala | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Indonesia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Ireland | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Iraq | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Israel | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Jordan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Cambodia | 0 % change on previous year | 1970 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Kuwait | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Lebanon | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Libya | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Latvia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Morocco | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Madagascar | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Montenegro | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Mozambique | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Mauritania | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Norway | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Nepal | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Philippines | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Paraguay | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Sudan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Senegal | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Singapore | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | El Salvador | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Eswatini | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Syria | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Tunisia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Ukraine | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Vietnam | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Zambia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Caribbean | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Viet Nam | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Turkey | -0.4307 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 123.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Türkiye | -0.4307 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 123.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Japan | -1.83 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 223.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Armenia | -2.87 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 108.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | -5.49 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 513.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Belgium-Luxembourg | -5.66 % change on previous year | 1999 | down 273.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Argentina | -5.83 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,051.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Serbia | -6.23 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 178.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Belgium | -6.35 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 250.1% | volatile |
| 119 | South Africa | -6.96 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 165.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Peru | -7.21 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 423.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Australia and New Zealand | -7.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 2,242.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Georgia | -7.7 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 157.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Australia | -10.38 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,863.8% | volatile |
| 124 | USSR | -10.52 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 515.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Myanmar | -19.78 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Yugoslav SFR | -23.38 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 574.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Albania | -29.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 149.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Czechoslovakia | -36.71 % change on previous year | 1992 | down 1,732.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Ethiopia PDR | -50 % change on previous year | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Uzbekistan | -58.54 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Angola | -100 % change on previous year | 1983 | down 394.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Cameroon | -100 % change on previous year | 1997 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Jamaica | -100 % change on previous year | 1995 | down 500.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Kenya | -100 % change on previous year | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Luxembourg | -100 % change on previous year | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Nigeria | -100 % change on previous year | 1998 | down 1,060.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Panama | -100 % change on previous year | 1998 | down 333.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Uganda | -100 % change on previous year | 2008 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Yemen | -100 % change on previous year | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Zimbabwe | -100 % change on previous year | 2010 | down 1,700.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Sudan (former) | -100 % change on previous year | 2008 | down 200.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | -100 % change on previous year | 1999 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Europe 6.51 % change on previous year
- Northern Europe 6.08 % change on previous year
- Eastern Europe 5.7 % change on previous year
- South America 5.69 % change on previous year
- European Union (27) 5.62 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia 5.5 % change on previous year
- Europe 5.3 % change on previous year
- Western Europe 3.99 % change on previous year
- World 3.79 % change on previous year
- Eastern Asia 3.74 % change on previous year
- Central America 3.72 % change on previous year
- Asia 3.58 % change on previous year
- Americas 3.53 % change on previous year
- United States of America 3.15 % change on previous year
- Northern America 3.02 % change on previous year
- South-eastern Asia 1.86 % change on previous year
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 0 % change on previous year
- Eastern Africa 0 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa 0 % change on previous year
- Western Africa 0 % change on previous year
- Middle Africa 0 % change on previous year
- Western Asia -0.3234 % change on previous year
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) -0.6825 % change on previous year
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) -2.96 % change on previous year
- Africa -4.07 % change on previous year
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) -4.54 % change on previous year
- Southern Africa -6.79 % change on previous year
- Oceania -7.39 % change on previous year
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) -17.9 % change on previous year
- Central Asia -19.63 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Paper and paperboard — Production. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Paper and paperboard — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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
The year-on-year percentage change in Paper and paperboard — Production. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.