Recovered paper — Production, per capita by country
Recovered paper — Production 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
118
Highest
0.1485 t per person
Germany
Lowest
0 t per person
Ethiopia
Median
0.0088 t per person
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
4,760
What the numbers show
Recovered paper — Production, per capita is currently reported for 118 countries. The highest value is 0.1485 t per person in Germany; the lowest is 0 t per person in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0088 t per person, and the mean is 0.0302 t per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7,842.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 8,567.4%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 91.9%).
Recovered paper — Production, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 0.1485 t per person | 2024 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Japan | 0.1344 t per person | 2024 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 3 | Switzerland | 0.126 t per person | 2024 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 4 | Belgium | 0.1233 t per person | 2024 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 5 | Italy | 0.1158 t per person | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Austria | 0.1108 t per person | 2024 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Slovenia | 0.1086 t per person | 2024 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Australia | 0.0969 t per person | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 0.096 t per person | 2024 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 10 | Norway | 0.0957 t per person | 2024 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Poland | 0.0944 t per person | 2024 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 12 | France | 0.0933 t per person | 2024 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Czechia | 0.0925 t per person | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 14 | Spain | 0.0912 t per person | 2024 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Portugal | 0.0907 t per person | 2024 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Sweden | 0.0876 t per person | 2024 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 17 | Denmark | 0.0852 t per person | 2024 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Finland | 0.0819 t per person | 2024 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Greece | 0.0789 t per person | 2024 | up 212.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Ireland | 0.0768 t per person | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Canada | 0.074 t per person | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 22 | Estonia | 0.0692 t per person | 2024 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Singapore | 0.0666 t per person | 2024 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Iceland | 0.0647 t per person | 2024 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 25 | New Zealand | 0.0645 t per person | 2024 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Slovakia | 0.059 t per person | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 27 | Malta | 0.0577 t per person | 2024 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Thailand | 0.0577 t per person | 2024 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Lithuania | 0.0567 t per person | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Hungary | 0.0523 t per person | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 31 | China | 0.052 t per person | 2024 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Bahrain | 0.0504 t per person | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0455 t per person | 2024 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 34 | Latvia | 0.0402 t per person | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 35 | Cyprus | 0.0391 t per person | 2024 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Romania | 0.0384 t per person | 2024 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Mexico | 0.0372 t per person | 2024 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Kuwait | 0.0347 t per person | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Malaysia | 0.0337 t per person | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Belarus | 0.0322 t per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Bulgaria | 0.031 t per person | 2024 | up 339.3% | rising |
| 42 | Israel | 0.0305 t per person | 2024 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0283 t per person | 2024 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Serbia | 0.0247 t per person | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 0.0214 t per person | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Brazil | 0.0203 t per person | 2024 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Argentina | 0.0202 t per person | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 48 | Ukraine | 0.0191 t per person | 2024 | up 498.9% | volatile |
| 49 | South Africa | 0.0185 t per person | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 50 | Montenegro | 0.0176 t per person | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Oman | 0.0163 t per person | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 52 | North Macedonia | 0.0125 t per person | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Colombia | 0.0122 t per person | 2024 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 54 | Indonesia | 0.0114 t per person | 2024 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 0.0114 t per person | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Ecuador | 0.0101 t per person | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 57 | Iraq | 0.01 t per person | 2024 | up 1,304.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Uruguay | 0.0092 t per person | 2024 | up 156.0% | volatile |
| 59 | French Polynesia | 0.0089 t per person | 2024 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 60 | Jordan | 0.0087 t per person | 2024 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Philippines | 0.0079 t per person | 2024 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 0.0078 t per person | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Mauritius | 0.0076 t per person | 2024 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Chile | 0.0073 t per person | 2024 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Namibia | 0.0066 t per person | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 66 | Guatemala | 0.0062 t per person | 2024 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Panama | 0.0058 t per person | 2024 | up 49.4% | falling |
| 68 | Saint Lucia | 0.0056 t per person | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 69 | Honduras | 0.0055 t per person | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 70 | New Caledonia | 0.0055 t per person | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 71 | India | 0.0055 t per person | 2024 | up 101.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Libya | 0.0054 t per person | 2024 | up 183.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Qatar | 0.0052 t per person | 2024 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 74 | Nicaragua | 0.0051 t per person | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0051 t per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Eswatini | 0.0048 t per person | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 77 | Lebanon | 0.0045 t per person | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 78 | Myanmar | 0.0044 t per person | 2024 | up 482.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Paraguay | 0.0043 t per person | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 80 | Jamaica | 0.0042 t per person | 2024 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 81 | Zimbabwe | 0.0042 t per person | 2024 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 82 | Botswana | 0.004 t per person | 2024 | up 23.1% | flat |
| 83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.004 t per person | 2024 | down 67.3% | rising |
| 84 | Croatia | 0.0037 t per person | 2024 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Morocco | 0.0037 t per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Barbados | 0.0035 t per person | 2024 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Egypt | 0.0033 t per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 88 | Tunisia | 0.0033 t per person | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 89 | Fiji | 0.0032 t per person | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 90 | Georgia | 0.0029 t per person | 2024 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Cuba | 0.0026 t per person | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 92 | Peru | 0.0021 t per person | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 93 | Algeria | 0.002 t per person | 2024 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | 0.0018 t per person | 2024 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Albania | 0.0015 t per person | 2024 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Bahamas | 0.0015 t per person | 2024 | up 452.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Lesotho | 0.0013 t per person | 2024 | up 167.0% | rising |
| 98 | Nepal | 0.0013 t per person | 2024 | up 97.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Cambodia | 0.0011 t per person | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 100 | Suriname | 0.0011 t per person | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 101 | Mali | 0.001 t per person | 2024 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 102 | El Salvador | 0.0008 t per person | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 103 | Belize | 0.0007 t per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 104 | Kenya | 0.0007 t per person | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Pakistan | 0.0006 t per person | 2024 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Uzbekistan | 0.0006 t per person | 2024 | up 8,567.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Mozambique | 0.0004 t per person | 2024 | up 93.6% | flat |
| 108 | Sudan | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 109 | Ghana | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Nigeria | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 111 | Haiti | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 112 | Togo | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 113 | Benin | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 114 | Malawi | 0 t per person | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 115 | Yemen | 0 t per person | 2024 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Papua New Guinea | 0 t per person | 2024 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Madagascar | 0 t per person | 2024 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Ethiopia | 0 t per person | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0296 t per person
How this figure is calculated
Recovered paper — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Recovered paper — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Recovered paper — Production 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
Recovered paper — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.