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Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre by country

Pulp for paper — 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
165
Highest
340.24 t per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
0 t per square kilometre
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
0.0358 t per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
6,371

What the numbers show

Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 340.24 t per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 0 t per square kilometre in Sao Tome and Principe.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0358 t per square kilometre, and the mean is 3.08 t per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Andorra (up 46,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Faroe Islands (down 100.0%).

Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 340.24 t per square kilometre 2023 down 57.7% volatile
2 Bahrain 28.71 t per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% volatile
3 Belgium 25.35 t per square kilometre 2023 down 12.5% falling
4 Slovenia 13.47 t per square kilometre 2023 up 35.6% rising
5 Italy 10.89 t per square kilometre 2023 down 7.6% volatile
6 Germany 9.83 t per square kilometre 2023 down 24.2% rising
7 United Arab Emirates 7.7 t per square kilometre 2023 up 233.7% volatile
8 Israel 6.46 t per square kilometre 2023 down 4.3% volatile
9 Trinidad and Tobago 5.14 t per square kilometre 2023 up 62.9% volatile
10 Austria 4.54 t per square kilometre 2023 down 44.1% volatile
11 Poland 3.53 t per square kilometre 2023 up 26.8% volatile
12 Slovakia 3.19 t per square kilometre 2023 up 9.6% volatile
13 China 3.08 t per square kilometre 2023 up 83.9% volatile
14 Japan 2.95 t per square kilometre 2023 down 35.2% volatile
15 Lebanon 2.76 t per square kilometre 2023 down 1.9% rising
16 France 2.67 t per square kilometre 2023 down 32.1% rising
17 Czechia 2.57 t per square kilometre 2023 up 7.2% rising
18 Bangladesh 2.53 t per square kilometre 2023 up 40.9% volatile
19 Cayman Islands 2.17 t per square kilometre 2023 down 96.8% volatile
20 Switzerland 2.14 t per square kilometre 2023 down 50.2% volatile
21 El Salvador 2.05 t per square kilometre 2023 up 3,933.9% volatile
22 Spain 2.01 t per square kilometre 2023 down 9.5% volatile
23 Hungary 1.68 t per square kilometre 2023 up 42.7% volatile
24 Portugal 1.53 t per square kilometre 2023 up 14.4% volatile
25 Greece 1.42 t per square kilometre 2023 up 23.6% rising
26 Jordan 1.28 t per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% volatile
27 Sweden 1.17 t per square kilometre 2023 up 14.3% volatile
28 Denmark 1.14 t per square kilometre 2023 down 37.5% flat
29 Kuwait 1.07 t per square kilometre 2023 up 16.5% rising
30 Andorra 0.9894 t per square kilometre 2023 up 46,400.0% volatile
31 Tuvalu 0.9667 t per square kilometre 2023 — flat
32 Serbia 0.8087 t per square kilometre 2023 up 76.4% rising
33 Estonia 0.8068 t per square kilometre 2023 up 62.5% volatile
34 Thailand 0.7934 t per square kilometre 2023 down 4.7% volatile
35 Finland 0.7666 t per square kilometre 2023 down 42.7% volatile
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7633 t per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% volatile
37 Romania 0.6802 t per square kilometre 2023 up 57.2% volatile
38 Tunisia 0.6668 t per square kilometre 2023 down 8.8% volatile
39 India 0.5514 t per square kilometre 2023 up 95.3% volatile
40 Malaysia 0.5205 t per square kilometre 2023 up 22.7% volatile
41 Lithuania 0.5092 t per square kilometre 2023 down 24.0% volatile
42 Guatemala 0.4475 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2,185.7% volatile
43 Indonesia 0.4244 t per square kilometre 2023 down 29.2% volatile
44 Pakistan 0.3675 t per square kilometre 2023 up 122.8% volatile
45 Philippines 0.3085 t per square kilometre 2023 up 141.9% rising
46 Mexico 0.2935 t per square kilometre 2023 down 32.0% volatile
47 Dominican Republic 0.2727 t per square kilometre 2023 down 9.0% volatile
48 Aruba 0.2444 t per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
49 Costa Rica 0.2397 t per square kilometre 2023 down 1.4% volatile
50 Egypt 0.2374 t per square kilometre 2023 down 13.0% volatile
51 Belize 0.2116 t per square kilometre 2023 up 141.4% rising
52 Latvia 0.2073 t per square kilometre 2023 up 5,186.6% volatile
53 Saint Lucia 0.1902 t per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
54 Colombia 0.1707 t per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% volatile
55 Norway 0.1439 t per square kilometre 2023 up 4.8% volatile
56 Palestine, State of 0.1354 t per square kilometre 2023 down 24.4% falling
57 Djibouti 0.1348 t per square kilometre 2023 down 78.5% volatile
58 Morocco 0.1307 t per square kilometre 2023 up 35.2% volatile
59 New Zealand 0.1286 t per square kilometre 2023 up 207.3% volatile
60 Sri Lanka 0.107 t per square kilometre 2023 up 197.6% volatile
61 Argentina 0.1065 t per square kilometre 2023 up 135.4% volatile
62 South Africa 0.1057 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% volatile
63 Peru 0.1016 t per square kilometre 2023 up 20.6% volatile
64 Ireland 0.0964 t per square kilometre 2023 up 12.7% volatile
65 Saudi Arabia 0.0922 t per square kilometre 2023 up 62.5% volatile
66 Algeria 0.0909 t per square kilometre 2023 up 365.3% volatile
67 Uzbekistan 0.0902 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1,503.7% volatile
68 Albania 0.0886 t per square kilometre 2023 up 457.1% volatile
69 Belarus 0.0759 t per square kilometre 2023 down 2.8% falling
70 Ukraine 0.0708 t per square kilometre 2023 down 43.5% rising
71 Dominica 0.064 t per square kilometre 2023 down 39.2% rising
72 Seychelles 0.063 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2,800.0% volatile
73 North Macedonia 0.0606 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1,152.5% volatile
74 Iraq 0.0602 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2,132.2% volatile
75 Nigeria 0.0598 t per square kilometre 2023 up 143.6% volatile
76 Canada 0.0559 t per square kilometre 2023 up 97.4% volatile
77 Rwanda 0.0549 t per square kilometre 2023 up 248.1% volatile
78 Ghana 0.0458 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2,058.9% volatile
79 Barbados 0.0442 t per square kilometre 2023 down 66.1% volatile
80 Senegal 0.0416 t per square kilometre 2023 up 935.1% volatile
81 Vanuatu 0.0411 t per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% flat
82 Bulgaria 0.0403 t per square kilometre 2023 down 87.6% volatile
83 Australia 0.0358 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% rising
84 French Polynesia 0.0317 t per square kilometre 2023 up 633.3% volatile
85 Luxembourg 0.0264 t per square kilometre 2023 down 9.3% volatile
86 Kenya 0.0259 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1,797.4% volatile
87 Mauritius 0.0235 t per square kilometre 2023 down 92.3% volatile
88 Croatia 0.0224 t per square kilometre 2023 up 960.2% volatile
89 Sierra Leone 0.0206 t per square kilometre 2023 down 17.8% rising
90 Cyprus 0.0195 t per square kilometre 2023 up 205.1% volatile
91 Angola 0.0185 t per square kilometre 2023 up 186.4% volatile
92 Brazil 0.0182 t per square kilometre 2023 down 65.4% volatile
93 Oman 0.018 t per square kilometre 2023 up 304.9% volatile
94 Chile 0.0175 t per square kilometre 2023 down 35.7% volatile
95 Cuba 0.0174 t per square kilometre 2023 down 35.8% volatile
96 Tajikistan 0.0168 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1,136.1% volatile
97 Uruguay 0.0166 t per square kilometre 2023 down 85.3% volatile
98 Qatar 0.0164 t per square kilometre 2023 down 72.1% volatile
99 Nepal 0.0144 t per square kilometre 2023 up 729.8% volatile
100 Bahamas 0.0142 t per square kilometre 2023 up 294.4% volatile
101 Cameroon 0.0127 t per square kilometre 2023 up 591.8% volatile
102 Malta 0.0125 t per square kilometre 2023 down 98.3% volatile
103 Uganda 0.0116 t per square kilometre 2023 up 453.2% volatile
104 Benin 0.0101 t per square kilometre 2023 up 163.3% volatile
105 Guinea 0.0096 t per square kilometre 2023 up 16,750.0% volatile
106 Azerbaijan 0.0092 t per square kilometre 2023 up 103.8% volatile
107 Honduras 0.0089 t per square kilometre 2023 up 10,966.7% volatile
108 Palau 0.0087 t per square kilometre 2023 up 300.0% rising
109 Togo 0.0083 t per square kilometre 2023 up 39.9% volatile
110 Ethiopia 0.008 t per square kilometre 2023 down 23.1% flat
111 Paraguay 0.0077 t per square kilometre 2023 up 908.2% volatile
112 Cambodia 0.0066 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1,078.8% volatile
113 Afghanistan 0.0065 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1,286.8% volatile
114 Kazakhstan 0.006 t per square kilometre 2023 up 85.0% volatile
115 Samoa 0.0058 t per square kilometre 2023 down 94.6% volatile
116 Panama 0.0055 t per square kilometre 2023 down 75.0% volatile
117 Malawi 0.0053 t per square kilometre 2023 up 16.1% volatile
118 Tonga 0.0042 t per square kilometre 2023 down 70.0% volatile
119 Ecuador 0.0041 t per square kilometre 2023 down 96.2% volatile
120 Mali 0.0035 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2,428.7% volatile
121 Mozambique 0.0029 t per square kilometre 2023 up 338.3% volatile
122 Myanmar 0.0026 t per square kilometre 2023 up 26.1% volatile
123 Yemen 0.0025 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1,871.2% volatile
124 Georgia 0.0023 t per square kilometre 2023 up 69.5% volatile
125 Equatorial Guinea 0.0022 t per square kilometre 2023 down 14.1% falling
126 Burundi 0.0021 t per square kilometre 2023 down 27.0% volatile
127 Gambia 0.002 t per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
128 Turkmenistan 0.0018 t per square kilometre 2023 up 8,530.0% volatile
129 Madagascar 0.0017 t per square kilometre 2023 up 194.6% volatile
130 Zambia 0.0017 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1,665.7% volatile
131 Eritrea 0.0016 t per square kilometre 2023 up 9,639.6% volatile
132 Zimbabwe 0.0015 t per square kilometre 2023 down 48.4% volatile
133 Kyrgyzstan 0.0014 t per square kilometre 2023 up 964.0% volatile
134 Armenia 0.0013 t per square kilometre 2023 down 94.9% volatile
135 Central African Republic 0.0013 t per square kilometre 2023 up 186.8% volatile
136 Libya 0.0012 t per square kilometre 2023 down 18.0% falling
137 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0011 t per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
138 Nicaragua 0.0009 t per square kilometre 2023 up 18.9% volatile
139 Comoros 0.0005 t per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
140 Montenegro 0.0005 t per square kilometre 2023 down 30.0% falling
141 New Caledonia 0.0005 t per square kilometre 2023 down 91.3% volatile
142 Bhutan 0.0004 t per square kilometre 2023 down 96.7% falling
143 Mongolia 0.0004 t per square kilometre 2023 down 24.7% volatile
144 Burkina Faso 0.0004 t per square kilometre 2023 up 28.0% volatile
145 Iceland 0.0004 t per square kilometre 2023 up 225.4% volatile
146 Solomon Islands 0.0003 t per square kilometre 2023 down 83.9% volatile
147 Congo 0.0003 t per square kilometre 2023 down 29.5% volatile
148 Mauritania 0.0003 t per square kilometre 2023 up 7,375.0% volatile
149 Niger 0.0002 t per square kilometre 2023 down 87.3% volatile
150 Guyana 0.0001 t per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
151 Fiji 0.0001 t per square kilometre 2023 down 99.3% volatile
152 Sudan 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 99.6% volatile
153 Gabon 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 91.6% volatile
154 Botswana 0 t per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
155 Liberia 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 96.4% volatile
156 Chad 0 t per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
157 Greenland 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 60.0% volatile
158 Papua New Guinea 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 99.5% volatile
159 Namibia 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 95.8% volatile
160 Faroe Islands 0 t per square kilometre 2016 down 100.0% falling
160 Haiti 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
160 Jamaica 0 t per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
160 Lesotho 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
160 Somalia 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
160 Sao Tome and Principe 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

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

  • World 0.4978 t per square kilometre

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Pulp for paper — 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.

Pulp for paper — Import quantity ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Pulp for paper — 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
167 places, 6,371 data points, 1961–2023
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Pulp for paper — 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.