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Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per square kilometre by country

Printing and writing papers — Import quantity divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
184
Highest
219 t per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
0.0005 t per square kilometre
Greenland
Median
0.1977 t per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
8,395

What the numbers show

Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per square kilometre is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 219 t per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 0.0005 t per square kilometre in Greenland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1977 t per square kilometre, and the mean is 2.51 t per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 11,522.2%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (down 90.5%).

Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 219 t per square kilometre 2023 down 83.2% volatile
2 Gibraltar 27.6 t per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
3 Malta 23.84 t per square kilometre 2023 down 23.2% volatile
4 Belgium 22.66 t per square kilometre 2023 down 56.2% falling
5 Bahrain 15.93 t per square kilometre 2023 down 25.5% volatile
6 Bermuda 14.13 t per square kilometre 2023 — rising
7 Germany 7.41 t per square kilometre 2023 down 45.1% volatile
8 Maldives 6.14 t per square kilometre 2023 down 37.7% volatile
9 United Arab Emirates 6.14 t per square kilometre 2023 up 31.4% volatile
10 Switzerland 5.73 t per square kilometre 2023 down 40.4% volatile
11 Barbados 5.23 t per square kilometre 2023 down 41.7% volatile
12 Israel 4.83 t per square kilometre 2023 down 32.3% volatile
13 Slovenia 4.19 t per square kilometre 2023 down 49.5% volatile
14 Aruba 4.12 t per square kilometre 2023 down 29.5% volatile
15 Czechia 4.09 t per square kilometre 2023 down 15.6% rising
16 Lebanon 4.09 t per square kilometre 2023 down 56.2% volatile
17 Luxembourg 4.07 t per square kilometre 2023 down 74.3% falling
18 Denmark 3.47 t per square kilometre 2023 down 54.2% volatile
19 Mauritius 3.2 t per square kilometre 2023 down 37.1% volatile
20 Italy 3.12 t per square kilometre 2023 down 39.5% volatile
21 Austria 2.95 t per square kilometre 2023 down 46.9% volatile
22 Poland 2.89 t per square kilometre 2023 down 21.3% volatile
23 France 2.89 t per square kilometre 2023 down 36.5% volatile
24 Trinidad and Tobago 2.58 t per square kilometre 2023 down 35.5% volatile
25 Kuwait 2.39 t per square kilometre 2023 down 44.2% volatile
26 Cayman Islands 2.39 t per square kilometre 2023 down 90.5% volatile
27 Sri Lanka 2.37 t per square kilometre 2023 up 32.1% volatile
28 Slovakia 2.27 t per square kilometre 2023 down 38.6% rising
29 Qatar 2.08 t per square kilometre 2023 down 24.3% volatile
30 Hungary 1.86 t per square kilometre 2023 down 35.2% volatile
31 Portugal 1.57 t per square kilometre 2023 down 38.6% volatile
32 Andorra 1.55 t per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
33 Croatia 1.48 t per square kilometre 2023 down 11.0% volatile
34 Japan 1.46 t per square kilometre 2023 down 61.6% volatile
35 Dominican Republic 1.4 t per square kilometre 2023 up 18.6% volatile
36 Malaysia 1.39 t per square kilometre 2023 down 11.1% volatile
37 Philippines 1.37 t per square kilometre 2023 up 116.8% volatile
38 Spain 1.34 t per square kilometre 2023 down 37.8% volatile
39 Palestine, State of 1.34 t per square kilometre 2023 down 82.8% falling
40 Cyprus 1.22 t per square kilometre 2023 down 48.1% volatile
41 Seychelles 1.21 t per square kilometre 2023 down 31.2% volatile
42 Greece 1.19 t per square kilometre 2023 down 27.6% volatile
43 British Virgin Islands 1.18 t per square kilometre 2023 up 19.6% rising
44 Tuvalu 1.17 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1,650.0% volatile
45 Estonia 1.14 t per square kilometre 2023 down 37.8% volatile
46 Guam 1.1 t per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
47 Lithuania 1.02 t per square kilometre 2023 down 23.8% volatile
48 Latvia 1 t per square kilometre 2023 down 17.6% volatile
49 Bangladesh 0.9083 t per square kilometre 2023 down 13.0% volatile
50 Serbia 0.9038 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% falling
51 Ireland 0.8755 t per square kilometre 2023 down 61.5% volatile
52 El Salvador 0.8234 t per square kilometre 2023 down 31.7% volatile
53 Romania 0.7851 t per square kilometre 2023 down 14.8% volatile
54 Jamaica 0.7418 t per square kilometre 2023 down 6.1% rising
55 Saint Lucia 0.659 t per square kilometre 2023 down 32.0% volatile
56 Thailand 0.6265 t per square kilometre 2023 down 5.2% volatile
57 Bulgaria 0.6123 t per square kilometre 2023 down 16.8% volatile
58 Guatemala 0.586 t per square kilometre 2023 down 15.2% volatile
59 Costa Rica 0.5779 t per square kilometre 2023 down 35.9% volatile
60 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.5736 t per square kilometre 2023 up 8.8% volatile
61 Djibouti 0.5711 t per square kilometre 2023 down 17.3% volatile
62 Jordan 0.517 t per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% volatile
63 North Macedonia 0.5031 t per square kilometre 2023 down 21.2% rising
64 Nepal 0.4731 t per square kilometre 2023 up 388.8% volatile
65 Sweden 0.4592 t per square kilometre 2023 down 35.0% volatile
66 Armenia 0.413 t per square kilometre 2023 up 23.8% volatile
67 Azerbaijan 0.3877 t per square kilometre 2023 up 68.7% volatile
68 Saint Martin (French part) 0.38 t per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
69 Nigeria 0.3693 t per square kilometre 2023 up 31.2% volatile
70 India 0.3623 t per square kilometre 2023 up 84.0% volatile
71 Tunisia 0.3621 t per square kilometre 2023 up 14.3% volatile
72 Egypt 0.3473 t per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% volatile
73 Montenegro 0.3356 t per square kilometre 2023 up 12.8% rising
74 Cambodia 0.3351 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% volatile
75 Mexico 0.3316 t per square kilometre 2023 down 29.0% volatile
76 Ecuador 0.3279 t per square kilometre 2023 down 35.7% volatile
77 Fiji 0.3227 t per square kilometre 2023 up 15.0% volatile
78 Albania 0.3208 t per square kilometre 2023 down 26.8% volatile
79 Tonga 0.3153 t per square kilometre 2023 up 238.8% volatile
80 Morocco 0.2836 t per square kilometre 2023 up 29.7% volatile
81 Haiti 0.275 t per square kilometre 2023 up 118.9% volatile
82 Honduras 0.2684 t per square kilometre 2023 up 14.2% volatile
83 New Zealand 0.2564 t per square kilometre 2023 down 64.0% volatile
84 Georgia 0.2477 t per square kilometre 2023 up 9.6% volatile
85 Iraq 0.2388 t per square kilometre 2023 up 816.1% volatile
86 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.2269 t per square kilometre 2023 up 195.0% volatile
87 Faroe Islands 0.2197 t per square kilometre 2023 down 64.0% falling
88 Ukraine 0.2178 t per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% volatile
89 Marshall Islands 0.2111 t per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% volatile
90 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2103 t per square kilometre 2023 down 3.5% volatile
91 Panama 0.2014 t per square kilometre 2023 down 32.1% volatile
92 American Samoa 0.2 t per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
93 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1955 t per square kilometre 2023 up 681.8% volatile
94 Gambia 0.1934 t per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% volatile
95 Chile 0.186 t per square kilometre 2023 down 53.8% volatile
96 Norway 0.1811 t per square kilometre 2023 down 63.5% volatile
97 Pakistan 0.1776 t per square kilometre 2023 up 19.2% volatile
98 Kenya 0.1765 t per square kilometre 2023 up 76.7% volatile
99 Peru 0.1753 t per square kilometre 2023 down 19.6% volatile
100 Uganda 0.1713 t per square kilometre 2023 up 12.6% volatile
101 French Polynesia 0.1622 t per square kilometre 2023 down 79.5% volatile
102 South Africa 0.1592 t per square kilometre 2023 down 42.0% volatile
103 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1573 t per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% volatile
104 Uzbekistan 0.1562 t per square kilometre 2023 up 110.6% volatile
105 Comoros 0.1558 t per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
106 Uruguay 0.1519 t per square kilometre 2023 down 15.3% volatile
107 Myanmar 0.1384 t per square kilometre 2023 up 23.0% volatile
108 Saudi Arabia 0.1343 t per square kilometre 2023 down 34.6% volatile
109 Cuba 0.1338 t per square kilometre 2023 down 40.5% volatile
110 China 0.1271 t per square kilometre 2023 down 12.1% volatile
111 Tajikistan 0.1268 t per square kilometre 2023 up 495.4% volatile
112 Palau 0.1261 t per square kilometre 2023 up 132.0% volatile
113 Colombia 0.1115 t per square kilometre 2023 up 17.9% volatile
114 Samoa 0.109 t per square kilometre 2023 down 37.9% volatile
115 Eswatini 0.1088 t per square kilometre 2023 down 26.0% rising
116 Bahamas 0.1074 t per square kilometre 2023 down 6.1% volatile
117 Nicaragua 0.1064 t per square kilometre 2023 up 51.1% volatile
118 Ghana 0.1053 t per square kilometre 2023 down 39.4% volatile
119 Finland 0.0969 t per square kilometre 2023 down 66.8% volatile
120 New Caledonia 0.0962 t per square kilometre 2023 down 57.9% volatile
121 Paraguay 0.0939 t per square kilometre 2023 down 30.6% volatile
122 Grenada 0.0912 t per square kilometre 2023 up 10.7% falling
123 Indonesia 0.0909 t per square kilometre 2023 up 15.3% volatile
124 Rwanda 0.0905 t per square kilometre 2023 up 19.6% volatile
125 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0895 t per square kilometre 2023 down 75.7% volatile
126 Benin 0.0849 t per square kilometre 2023 up 15.3% volatile
127 Algeria 0.0788 t per square kilometre 2023 up 15.8% volatile
128 Malawi 0.076 t per square kilometre 2023 up 76.4% volatile
129 Senegal 0.0734 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% volatile
130 Lesotho 0.0704 t per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% volatile
131 Oman 0.07 t per square kilometre 2023 down 22.1% volatile
132 Yemen 0.0699 t per square kilometre 2023 down 9.7% volatile
133 Argentina 0.0679 t per square kilometre 2023 down 42.3% volatile
134 Kiribati 0.0679 t per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
135 Cameroon 0.0603 t per square kilometre 2023 up 93.7% volatile
136 Ethiopia 0.059 t per square kilometre 2023 up 31.3% volatile
137 Belarus 0.0553 t per square kilometre 2023 down 81.8% volatile
138 Dominica 0.0507 t per square kilometre 2023 down 59.6% volatile
139 Togo 0.0506 t per square kilometre 2023 down 72.0% volatile
140 Naoero 0.05 t per square kilometre 2023 down 75.0% volatile
141 Sierra Leone 0.0449 t per square kilometre 2023 up 65.4% volatile
142 Canada 0.0404 t per square kilometre 2023 down 57.8% volatile
143 Congo 0.0401 t per square kilometre 2023 up 241.4% volatile
144 Australia 0.0397 t per square kilometre 2023 down 69.0% volatile
145 Kyrgyzstan 0.0374 t per square kilometre 2023 down 31.7% volatile
146 Equatorial Guinea 0.0331 t per square kilometre 2023 up 134.6% volatile
147 Zimbabwe 0.0328 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
148 Burkina Faso 0.0323 t per square kilometre 2023 up 408.1% volatile
149 Burundi 0.0307 t per square kilometre 2023 down 52.7% volatile
150 Vanuatu 0.0301 t per square kilometre 2023 up 20.7% volatile
151 Mozambique 0.0258 t per square kilometre 2023 up 126.7% volatile
152 Guinea 0.0238 t per square kilometre 2023 up 121.0% volatile
153 Kazakhstan 0.0234 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% volatile
154 Belize 0.0234 t per square kilometre 2023 up 13.9% volatile
155 Brazil 0.0218 t per square kilometre 2023 down 71.8% volatile
156 Madagascar 0.0217 t per square kilometre 2023 up 102.0% volatile
157 Liberia 0.0209 t per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% volatile
158 Gabon 0.0203 t per square kilometre 2023 down 5.5% volatile
159 Botswana 0.0202 t per square kilometre 2023 up 148.4% volatile
160 Bhutan 0.0201 t per square kilometre 2023 up 97.3% volatile
161 Zambia 0.0197 t per square kilometre 2023 up 85.8% volatile
162 Iceland 0.0193 t per square kilometre 2023 down 72.0% volatile
163 Turkmenistan 0.0166 t per square kilometre 2023 up 192.0% volatile
164 Angola 0.0162 t per square kilometre 2023 down 17.1% volatile
165 Solomon Islands 0.0152 t per square kilometre 2023 up 165.6% volatile
166 Guinea-Bissau 0.0142 t per square kilometre 2023 up 243.1% volatile
167 Papua New Guinea 0.013 t per square kilometre 2023 up 33.6% rising
168 Libya 0.0121 t per square kilometre 2023 up 18.5% volatile
169 Sudan 0.012 t per square kilometre 2023 up 51.4% falling
170 Namibia 0.0108 t per square kilometre 2023 up 75.5% volatile
171 Suriname 0.0084 t per square kilometre 2023 down 55.7% volatile
172 Somalia 0.0072 t per square kilometre 2023 up 468.1% volatile
173 Mongolia 0.0068 t per square kilometre 2023 up 131.7% volatile
174 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0065 t per square kilometre 2023 down 66.7% volatile
175 Guyana 0.0061 t per square kilometre 2023 down 30.8% flat
176 Afghanistan 0.0051 t per square kilometre 2023 up 269.6% volatile
177 South Sudan 0.0033 t per square kilometre 2023 up 11,522.2% volatile
178 Eritrea 0.0029 t per square kilometre 2023 down 38.8% volatile
179 Central African Republic 0.0017 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1,923.1% volatile
180 Mauritania 0.0015 t per square kilometre 2023 up 10.2% volatile
181 Niger 0.0014 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% volatile
182 Mali 0.0009 t per square kilometre 2023 up 87.8% volatile
183 Chad 0.0007 t per square kilometre 2023 up 95.7% volatile
184 Greenland 0.0005 t per square kilometre 2023 down 15.4% falling

Regions and income groups

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

  • World 0.2127 t per square kilometre

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Indicator
Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per square kilometre
Unit
t per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
185 places, 8,395 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Printing and writing papers — Import quantity divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.