Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita by country
Printing and writing papers — 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
0.0841 t per person
Luxembourg
Lowest
0 t per person
Sudan
Median
0.0031 t per person
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
8,579
What the numbers show
Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 0.0841 t per person in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0 t per person in Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0031 t per person, and the mean is 0.007 t per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5,212.
Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 8,742.5%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 98.0%).
Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 0.0841 t per person | 2024 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Belgium | 0.0572 t per person | 2024 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 3 | Slovenia | 0.0501 t per person | 2024 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0433 t per person | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 5 | Latvia | 0.0348 t per person | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Germany | 0.0327 t per person | 2024 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Estonia | 0.0316 t per person | 2024 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Czechia | 0.0304 t per person | 2024 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 0.0264 t per person | 2024 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Austria | 0.0256 t per person | 2024 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Switzerland | 0.0244 t per person | 2024 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Lithuania | 0.0239 t per person | 2024 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Denmark | 0.0231 t per person | 2024 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 14 | France | 0.0227 t per person | 2024 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Djibouti | 0.0221 t per person | 2024 | up 98.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Croatia | 0.0217 t per person | 2024 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Slovakia | 0.0211 t per person | 2024 | down 45.2% | rising |
| 18 | Andorra | 0.02 t per person | 2024 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Hungary | 0.0193 t per person | 2024 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Singapore | 0.0192 t per person | 2024 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Sweden | 0.0189 t per person | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Italy | 0.0167 t per person | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Greece | 0.0157 t per person | 2024 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Malta | 0.0152 t per person | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Portugal | 0.0148 t per person | 2024 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Malaysia | 0.0146 t per person | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Australia | 0.0139 t per person | 2024 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Spain | 0.0135 t per person | 2024 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Serbia | 0.0132 t per person | 2024 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 30 | Romania | 0.0117 t per person | 2024 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Ireland | 0.0117 t per person | 2024 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 0.0112 t per person | 2024 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 33 | New Zealand | 0.0111 t per person | 2024 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Uruguay | 0.011 t per person | 2024 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Israel | 0.011 t per person | 2024 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0106 t per person | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Tunisia | 0.0098 t per person | 2024 | up 70.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Bahrain | 0.0098 t per person | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 39 | Canada | 0.0097 t per person | 2024 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Kuwait | 0.0096 t per person | 2024 | down 47.1% | rising |
| 41 | Gibraltar | 0.0096 t per person | 2024 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 42 | Qatar | 0.0095 t per person | 2024 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 43 | Cyprus | 0.0094 t per person | 2024 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Norway | 0.0093 t per person | 2024 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0087 t per person | 2024 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Lebanon | 0.0086 t per person | 2024 | down 58.1% | rising |
| 47 | Jordan | 0.0083 t per person | 2024 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0082 t per person | 2024 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Barbados | 0.008 t per person | 2024 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 50 | North Macedonia | 0.0079 t per person | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 51 | Chile | 0.0076 t per person | 2024 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Fiji | 0.0075 t per person | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Peru | 0.0074 t per person | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 0.0073 t per person | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Mauritius | 0.0071 t per person | 2024 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Paraguay | 0.007 t per person | 2024 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Montenegro | 0.0069 t per person | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 58 | Bermuda | 0.0067 t per person | 2024 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 59 | Cayman Islands | 0.0063 t per person | 2024 | down 93.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Aruba | 0.0063 t per person | 2024 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 0.0063 t per person | 2024 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Finland | 0.0062 t per person | 2024 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Costa Rica | 0.0055 t per person | 2024 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Mexico | 0.0055 t per person | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Ecuador | 0.0055 t per person | 2024 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Faroe Islands | 0.0055 t per person | 2024 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 67 | New Caledonia | 0.0053 t per person | 2024 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Algeria | 0.0049 t per person | 2024 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Iceland | 0.0049 t per person | 2024 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Thailand | 0.0048 t per person | 2024 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Bahamas | 0.0045 t per person | 2024 | up 119.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Guatemala | 0.0043 t per person | 2024 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Mongolia | 0.0042 t per person | 2024 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Georgia | 0.0042 t per person | 2024 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Japan | 0.0042 t per person | 2024 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Maldives | 0.0041 t per person | 2024 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 77 | South Africa | 0.0041 t per person | 2024 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 78 | Morocco | 0.0041 t per person | 2024 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Cambodia | 0.0041 t per person | 2024 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Albania | 0.004 t per person | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Philippines | 0.0039 t per person | 2024 | up 106.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Ukraine | 0.0039 t per person | 2024 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Egypt | 0.0039 t per person | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Dominica | 0.0039 t per person | 2024 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Seychelles | 0.0038 t per person | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Greenland | 0.0037 t per person | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 87 | Botswana | 0.0036 t per person | 2024 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 88 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0034 t per person | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 89 | American Samoa | 0.0034 t per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Palau | 0.0033 t per person | 2024 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Oman | 0.0033 t per person | 2024 | down 61.1% | rising |
| 92 | Azerbaijan | 0.0031 t per person | 2024 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Armenia | 0.0031 t per person | 2024 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Panama | 0.0031 t per person | 2024 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Colombia | 0.0031 t per person | 2024 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0029 t per person | 2024 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 97 | El Salvador | 0.0028 t per person | 2024 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Argentina | 0.0028 t per person | 2024 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Namibia | 0.0028 t per person | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Gabon | 0.0027 t per person | 2024 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Jamaica | 0.0027 t per person | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 102 | Kazakhstan | 0.0026 t per person | 2024 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Guam | 0.0026 t per person | 2024 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Eswatini | 0.0025 t per person | 2024 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 105 | Uzbekistan | 0.0023 t per person | 2024 | up 113.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0022 t per person | 2024 | up 1,196.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Marshall Islands | 0.0021 t per person | 2024 | up 191.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Kenya | 0.0021 t per person | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0021 t per person | 2024 | up 387.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Suriname | 0.002 t per person | 2024 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Belarus | 0.002 t per person | 2024 | down 69.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Nepal | 0.0019 t per person | 2024 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Honduras | 0.0019 t per person | 2024 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Nicaragua | 0.0019 t per person | 2023 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Saint Lucia | 0.0018 t per person | 2024 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Samoa | 0.0018 t per person | 2024 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Libya | 0.0016 t per person | 2024 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Iraq | 0.0016 t per person | 2024 | up 228.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Tonga | 0.0016 t per person | 2024 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Ghana | 0.0016 t per person | 2024 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 121 | French Polynesia | 0.0016 t per person | 2024 | down 87.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0014 t per person | 2024 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Uganda | 0.0014 t per person | 2024 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Naoero | 0.0014 t per person | 2024 | up 282.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Vanuatu | 0.0013 t per person | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Cameroon | 0.0012 t per person | 2024 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Guyana | 0.0012 t per person | 2024 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 128 | Tuvalu | 0.0011 t per person | 2024 | up 526.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Cuba | 0.0011 t per person | 2024 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Brazil | 0.001 t per person | 2024 | down 69.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Belize | 0.001 t per person | 2024 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Myanmar | 0.001 t per person | 2024 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Congo | 0.001 t per person | 2024 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Kiribati | 0.0009 t per person | 2024 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 135 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0009 t per person | 2024 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 136 | China | 0.0009 t per person | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Turkmenistan | 0.0009 t per person | 2024 | up 100.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Bhutan | 0.0008 t per person | 2024 | up 465.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Zimbabwe | 0.0008 t per person | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Palestine, State of | 0.0008 t per person | 2024 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Nigeria | 0.0008 t per person | 2024 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0008 t per person | 2024 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Indonesia | 0.0008 t per person | 2024 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0008 t per person | 2024 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Grenada | 0.0008 t per person | 2024 | up 176.4% | falling |
| 146 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0007 t per person | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 147 | India | 0.0007 t per person | 2024 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Bangladesh | 0.0007 t per person | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Zambia | 0.0007 t per person | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Solomon Islands | 0.0006 t per person | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Benin | 0.0006 t per person | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Yemen | 0.0006 t per person | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Angola | 0.0006 t per person | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Pakistan | 0.0005 t per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0005 t per person | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 156 | Senegal | 0.0005 t per person | 2024 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Togo | 0.0005 t per person | 2024 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Gambia | 0.0005 t per person | 2024 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Haiti | 0.0004 t per person | 2024 | up 70.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Mauritania | 0.0004 t per person | 2024 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Madagascar | 0.0004 t per person | 2024 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Malawi | 0.0004 t per person | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Liberia | 0.0004 t per person | 2024 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Burkina Faso | 0.0004 t per person | 2024 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Lesotho | 0.0003 t per person | 2024 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Mozambique | 0.0003 t per person | 2024 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Guinea | 0.0003 t per person | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0003 t per person | 2024 | up 231.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Eritrea | 0.0002 t per person | 2024 | up 74.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Tajikistan | 0.0002 t per person | 2024 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Sierra Leone | 0.0002 t per person | 2024 | up 119.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0002 t per person | 2024 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Somalia | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Central African Republic | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | up 163.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Ethiopia | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 176 | South Sudan | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | up 8,742.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Comoros | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Rwanda | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Afghanistan | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 180 | Niger | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Mali | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | up 223.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Burundi | 0 t per person | 2024 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Chad | 0 t per person | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 184 | Sudan | 0 t per person | 2024 | down 98.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0036 t per person
How this figure is calculated
Printing and writing papers — 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.
Printing and writing papers — Import quantity ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Printing and writing papers — 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
Printing and writing papers — 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.