Printing and writing papers — Import value, per capita by country
Printing and writing papers — Import value divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
What the numbers show
Printing and writing papers — Import value, per capita is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 0.1331 1000 USD per person in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0 1000 USD per person in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0039 1000 USD per person, and the mean is 0.0096 1000 USD per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8,042.
Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 6,396.7%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 95.0%).
Printing and writing papers — Import value, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 0.1331 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Faroe Islands | 0.0997 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 385.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Malta | 0.0823 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Belgium | 0.0632 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 5 | Slovenia | 0.0513 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Andorra | 0.0448 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 34.3% | falling |
| 7 | Latvia | 0.0421 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Estonia | 0.0417 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0397 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 10 | Switzerland | 0.037 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Czechia | 0.0354 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 12 | Germany | 0.034 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Lithuania | 0.0312 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Austria | 0.0295 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 15 | France | 0.0292 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Poland | 0.0291 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Denmark | 0.0272 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Croatia | 0.0259 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 19 | Bermuda | 0.0232 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 20 | Gibraltar | 0.0231 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Hungary | 0.0231 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Slovakia | 0.0227 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 37.7% | rising |
| 23 | Greenland | 0.0223 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 148.5% | rising |
| 24 | Singapore | 0.0203 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Italy | 0.0186 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Djibouti | 0.0185 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 92.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Greece | 0.0184 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Sweden | 0.0181 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Portugal | 0.0178 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Ireland | 0.0171 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Spain | 0.0166 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 0.0153 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Serbia | 0.0152 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 26.4% | flat |
| 34 | Malaysia | 0.0145 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Canada | 0.0136 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Israel | 0.013 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Australia | 0.0127 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Romania | 0.0125 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Tunisia | 0.0121 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 128.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Barbados | 0.012 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 41 | New Zealand | 0.0118 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Aruba | 0.0118 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Cyprus | 0.0114 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Norway | 0.0112 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Qatar | 0.0107 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Lebanon | 0.0104 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0102 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Uruguay | 0.0101 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Bahrain | 0.0096 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 50 | Iceland | 0.0096 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0094 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Chile | 0.009 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 0.009 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 54 | Finland | 0.009 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Cayman Islands | 0.009 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Kuwait | 0.0087 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Montenegro | 0.0087 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0085 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Paraguay | 0.0081 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Fiji | 0.0081 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Jordan | 0.0078 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Mauritius | 0.0077 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 63 | New Caledonia | 0.0077 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 64.5% | rising |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 0.0077 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Tuvalu | 0.0076 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 1,562.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 0.0075 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 0.0075 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Bahamas | 0.0073 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Peru | 0.007 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Dominica | 0.0066 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 86.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Albania | 0.0062 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Mexico | 0.0059 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Seychelles | 0.0059 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 74 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0056 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 75 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0054 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 72.6% | volatile |
| 76 | El Salvador | 0.005 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Algeria | 0.0049 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Ecuador | 0.0049 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Guatemala | 0.0049 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Egypt | 0.0047 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Namibia | 0.0047 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 82 | Morocco | 0.0045 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Ukraine | 0.0044 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 65.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Georgia | 0.0044 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Panama | 0.0043 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Thailand | 0.0042 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 87 | South Africa | 0.0042 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Kazakhstan | 0.0041 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Japan | 0.0041 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Mongolia | 0.0041 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Argentina | 0.004 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Gabon | 0.0039 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Saint Lucia | 0.0038 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 43.6% | falling |
| 94 | Botswana | 0.0038 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 95 | Marshall Islands | 0.0038 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 567.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Maldives | 0.0037 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 35.9% | rising |
| 97 | Belarus | 0.0037 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Colombia | 0.0036 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Armenia | 0.0036 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Oman | 0.0034 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 61.5% | rising |
| 101 | Guam | 0.0034 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 102 | American Samoa | 0.0034 1000 USD per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Jamaica | 0.0034 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 104 | Cambodia | 0.0032 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Palau | 0.0031 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Philippines | 0.0031 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 93.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Azerbaijan | 0.003 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 147.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Eswatini | 0.0029 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 109 | Samoa | 0.0029 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 0.0028 1000 USD per person | 2023 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0028 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 1,726.5% | volatile |
| 112 | French Polynesia | 0.0028 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 84.1% | rising |
| 113 | Suriname | 0.0027 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Naoero | 0.0027 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 379.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0026 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 116 | Uzbekistan | 0.0026 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 131.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Honduras | 0.0022 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Cuba | 0.0022 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Guyana | 0.002 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Tonga | 0.002 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0019 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 87.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Kenya | 0.0019 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Bhutan | 0.0019 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 755.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Vanuatu | 0.0018 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Libya | 0.0018 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0018 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 127 | Grenada | 0.0017 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 128 | Nepal | 0.0017 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 61.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Iraq | 0.0016 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 238.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Ghana | 0.0015 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0014 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Kiribati | 0.0014 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Uganda | 0.0013 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Cameroon | 0.0013 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0013 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Belize | 0.0012 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0012 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Turkmenistan | 0.0011 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 79.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Myanmar | 0.0011 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Brazil | 0.0011 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Zimbabwe | 0.0011 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 142 | Nigeria | 0.0009 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Congo | 0.0009 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 144 | China | 0.0009 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Palestine, State of | 0.0009 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 92.0% | falling |
| 146 | Lesotho | 0.0008 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 147 | Solomon Islands | 0.0008 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Indonesia | 0.0008 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Zambia | 0.0008 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Bangladesh | 0.0007 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Angola | 0.0007 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0006 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 153 | India | 0.0006 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Benin | 0.0006 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Pakistan | 0.0005 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Yemen | 0.0005 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Haiti | 0.0005 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Malawi | 0.0005 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Senegal | 0.0004 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0004 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 273.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Madagascar | 0.0004 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Liberia | 0.0003 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0003 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Mozambique | 0.0003 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Togo | 0.0003 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Gambia | 0.0003 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Guinea | 0.0003 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Sierra Leone | 0.0002 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Eritrea | 0.0002 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 70.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Tajikistan | 0.0002 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Burkina Faso | 0.0002 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 37.9% | rising |
| 172 | Comoros | 0.0002 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 173 | South Sudan | 0.0002 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 6,396.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Ethiopia | 0.0002 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Somalia | 0.0002 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Mauritania | 0.0001 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Rwanda | 0.0001 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 178 | Central African Republic | 0.0001 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 61.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Mali | 0.0001 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 82.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Niger | 0 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 181 | Afghanistan | 0 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 182 | Burundi | 0 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Sudan | 0 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 95.0% | falling |
| 184 | Chad | 0 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0039 1000 USD per person
How this figure is calculated
Printing and writing papers — Import value 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 value ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Printing and writing papers — Import value 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 value divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.