Recovered paper — Production, annual growth rate in Western Europe
Western Europe: Recovered paper — Production, annual growth rate was -4.78 % change on previous year in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
-4.78 % change on previous year
Change on year
up 11.8%
Rank
26th
of 28 groups
All-time high
21.92 % change on previous year
in 1994
All-time low
-14 % change on previous year
in 1975
Years of data
63
1962–2024
Recovered paper — Production, annual growth rate in Western Europe, 1962–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.
Analysis
In 2024, recovered paper — production, annual growth rate in Western Europe stood at -4.78 % change on previous year.
That represents a change of up 11.8% on the previous year and down 827.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, recovered paper — production, annual growth rate in Western Europe peaked at 21.92 % change on previous year in 1994 and was at its lowest, -14 % change on previous year, in 1975.
Western Europe ranks 26th of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Recovered paper — Production, annual growth rate in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 4.26 % change on previous year | — |
| 1963 | 8.5 % change on previous year | +99.3% |
| 1964 | 11.21 % change on previous year | +31.9% |
| 1965 | 2.92 % change on previous year | -73.9% |
| 1966 | 5.54 % change on previous year | +89.5% |
| 1967 | 4.79 % change on previous year | -13.5% |
| 1968 | 10.42 % change on previous year | +117.7% |
| 1969 | 11.39 % change on previous year | +9.3% |
| 1970 | 10.73 % change on previous year | -5.8% |
| 1971 | -0.0189 % change on previous year | -100.2% |
| 1972 | 7.5 % change on previous year | -39907.6% |
| 1973 | 9.07 % change on previous year | +20.8% |
| 1974 | 9.55 % change on previous year | +5.3% |
| 1975 | -14 % change on previous year | -246.6% |
| 1976 | 18.83 % change on previous year | -234.4% |
| 1977 | 2.54 % change on previous year | -86.5% |
| 1978 | 2.72 % change on previous year | +6.9% |
| 1979 | 6.72 % change on previous year | +147.4% |
| 1980 | -0.4089 % change on previous year | -106.1% |
| 1981 | 6.67 % change on previous year | -1731.7% |
| 1982 | 0.3729 % change on previous year | -94.4% |
| 1983 | 5.24 % change on previous year | +1304.4% |
| 1984 | 9.91 % change on previous year | +89.2% |
| 1985 | 5.87 % change on previous year | -40.7% |
| 1986 | 2.88 % change on previous year | -51.0% |
| 1987 | 8.26 % change on previous year | +187.0% |
| 1988 | 7.2 % change on previous year | -12.8% |
| 1989 | 4.98 % change on previous year | -30.7% |
| 1990 | -2.26 % change on previous year | -145.4% |
| 1991 | 7.58 % change on previous year | -434.8% |
| 1992 | 6.91 % change on previous year | -8.9% |
| 1993 | 4.99 % change on previous year | -27.7% |
| 1994 | 21.92 % change on previous year | +339.0% |
| 1995 | 3.53 % change on previous year | -83.9% |
| 1996 | 1.48 % change on previous year | -58.2% |
| 1997 | -2.74 % change on previous year | -285.6% |
| 1998 | 10.26 % change on previous year | -474.3% |
| 1999 | 5.97 % change on previous year | -41.8% |
| 2000 | 5.4 % change on previous year | -9.6% |
| 2001 | 1.69 % change on previous year | -68.8% |
| 2002 | 2.6 % change on previous year | +54.0% |
| 2003 | 2.99 % change on previous year | +15.0% |
| 2004 | 5.45 % change on previous year | +82.5% |
| 2005 | 5.32 % change on previous year | -2.5% |
| 2006 | -0.2262 % change on previous year | -104.3% |
| 2007 | 1.55 % change on previous year | -787.3% |
| 2008 | -2.65 % change on previous year | -270.4% |
| 2009 | -3.37 % change on previous year | +27.3% |
| 2010 | 3.23 % change on previous year | -195.9% |
| 2011 | -2.33 % change on previous year | -172.2% |
| 2012 | 7.94 % change on previous year | -440.4% |
| 2013 | 0.1832 % change on previous year | -97.7% |
| 2014 | -0.5156 % change on previous year | -381.4% |
| 2015 | 0.3774 % change on previous year | -173.2% |
| 2016 | -0.3255 % change on previous year | -186.2% |
| 2017 | 1.3 % change on previous year | -500.9% |
| 2018 | 5.26 % change on previous year | +303.0% |
| 2019 | 0.8311 % change on previous year | -84.2% |
| 2020 | -1.72 % change on previous year | -306.5% |
| 2021 | -5.51 % change on previous year | +221.2% |
| 2022 | -5.95 % change on previous year | +8.0% |
| 2023 | -5.43 % change on previous year | -8.8% |
| 2024 | -4.78 % change on previous year | -11.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Recovered paper — Production, annual growth rate in Western Europe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +39907.6% | -0.0189 % change on previous year | 7.5 % change on previous year |
| 1981 | +1731.7% | -0.4089 % change on previous year | 6.67 % change on previous year |
| 1983 | +1304.4% | 0.3729 % change on previous year | 5.24 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.38 % change on previous year | 2.92 % change on previous year | 11.39 % change on previous year | 8 |
| 1970s | 5.36 % change on previous year | -14 % change on previous year | 18.83 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.1 % change on previous year | -0.4089 % change on previous year | 9.91 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.76 % change on previous year | -2.74 % change on previous year | 21.92 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.87 % change on previous year | -3.37 % change on previous year | 5.45 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6 % change on previous year | -2.33 % change on previous year | 7.94 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | -4.68 % change on previous year | -5.95 % change on previous year | -1.72 % change on previous year | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 23 Serbia 1.24 % change on previous year compare
- 24 United Arab Emirates 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Benin 0 % change on previous year
- 24 Bahrain 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Bahamas 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Belarus 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Belize 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Brazil 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Barbados 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Botswana 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Costa Rica 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Cuba 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Dominican Republic 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Algeria 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Ecuador 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Egypt 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Ethiopia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Fiji 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Georgia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Ghana 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Greece 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Guatemala 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Honduras 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Croatia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Haiti 0 % change on previous year
- 24 Hungary 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Indonesia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Ireland 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Iraq 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Iceland 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Israel 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Jamaica 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Jordan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Kazakhstan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Kenya 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Cambodia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Kuwait 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Lebanon 0 % change on previous year
- 24 Libya 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Saint Lucia 0 % change on previous year
- 24 Sri Lanka 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Lesotho 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Luxembourg 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Latvia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Morocco 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Madagascar 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 North Macedonia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Mali 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Mozambique 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Mauritius 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Malawi 0 % change on previous year
- 24 Malaysia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Namibia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 New Caledonia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Nigeria 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Nicaragua 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Norway 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Nepal 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 New Zealand 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Oman 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Pakistan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Panama 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Peru 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Philippines 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Papua New Guinea 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Paraguay 0 % change on previous year
- 24 French Polynesia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Qatar 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Saudi Arabia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Sudan 0 % change on previous year
- 24 El Salvador 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Suriname 0 % change on previous year
- 24 Eswatini 0 % change on previous year
- 24 Togo 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Trinidad and Tobago 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Tunisia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Ukraine 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Uzbekistan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Yemen 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Zimbabwe 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Guadeloupe 0 % change on previous year
- 24 Martinique 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 USSR 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Serbia and Montenegro 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Czechoslovakia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Sudan (former) 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Russian Federation 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Brunei Darussalam 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 China, Taiwan Province of 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Curaçao 0 % change on previous year
- 24 Ethiopia PDR 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 Yugoslav SFR 0 % change on previous year compare
- 24 China, Macao SAR 0 % change on previous year compare
More environment data for Western Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.94 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.485 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.23 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 151.58 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 54.56 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 97.02 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 1.73 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 14.73 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is recovered paper — production, annual growth rate in Western Europe?
- Recovered paper — production, annual growth rate in Western Europe was -4.78 % change on previous year in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest recovered paper — production, annual growth rate recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 21.92 % change on previous year in 1994.
- What is the lowest recovered paper — production, annual growth rate recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was -14 % change on previous year in 1975.
- How does Western Europe rank for recovered paper — production, annual growth rate?
- Western Europe ranks 26th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is recovered paper — production, annual growth rate rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 827.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Recovered paper — Production, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Recovered paper — Production. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Recovered paper — 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 Recovered paper — Production. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.