Recovered paper — Production, per capita in Canada
Canada: Recovered paper — Production, per capita was 0.074 t per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Recovered paper — Production, per capita in Canada, 1964–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
In 2024, recovered paper — production, per capita in Canada stood at 0.074 t per person.
That represents a change of down 16.0% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, recovered paper — production, per capita in Canada peaked at 0.1116 t per person in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.0166 t per person, in 1966.
That places Canada 21st out of 125 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 61 years of available data.
Recovered paper — Production, per capita in Canada, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 0.0208 t per person | — |
| 1965 | 0.0204 t per person | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 0.0166 t per person | -18.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0181 t per person | +9.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0176 t per person | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0195 t per person | +10.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0295 t per person | +51.9% |
| 1971 | 0.0314 t per person | +6.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0329 t per person | +4.9% |
| 1973 | 0.0338 t per person | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0316 t per person | -6.6% |
| 1975 | 0.026 t per person | -17.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0303 t per person | +16.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0324 t per person | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0315 t per person | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0344 t per person | +9.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0348 t per person | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0351 t per person | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0331 t per person | -5.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0356 t per person | +7.3% |
| 1984 | 0.0389 t per person | +9.5% |
| 1985 | 0.04 t per person | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0413 t per person | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0414 t per person | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0461 t per person | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0606 t per person | +31.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0473 t per person | -22.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0527 t per person | +11.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0521 t per person | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0738 t per person | +41.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0866 t per person | +17.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0919 t per person | +6.2% |
| 1996 | 0.091 t per person | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0901 t per person | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.087 t per person | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0863 t per person | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0855 t per person | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0922 t per person | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0912 t per person | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0853 t per person | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0845 t per person | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0837 t per person | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0875 t per person | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0867 t per person | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0962 t per person | +11.0% |
| 2009 | 0.1116 t per person | +15.9% |
| 2010 | 0.1013 t per person | -9.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0956 t per person | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0764 t per person | -20.1% |
| 2013 | 0.077 t per person | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0727 t per person | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0728 t per person | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0748 t per person | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0739 t per person | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0728 t per person | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0765 t per person | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0724 t per person | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 0.072 t per person | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0991 t per person | +37.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0881 t per person | -11.1% |
| 2024 | 0.074 t per person | -16.0% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 0.074 t per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0584 t per person, 1.3× the median. (52 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Recovered paper — Production, per capita in Canada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +51.9% | 0.0195 t per person | 0.0295 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0188 t per person | 0.0166 t per person | 0.0208 t per person | 6 |
| 1970s | 0.0314 t per person | 0.026 t per person | 0.0344 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0407 t per person | 0.0331 t per person | 0.0606 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0759 t per person | 0.0473 t per person | 0.0919 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0905 t per person | 0.0837 t per person | 0.1116 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0794 t per person | 0.0727 t per person | 0.1013 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0811 t per person | 0.072 t per person | 0.0991 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More environment data for Canada
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.642 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.96 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 2.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.3398 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is recovered paper — production, per capita in Canada?
- Recovered paper — production, per capita in Canada was 0.074 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest recovered paper — production, per capita recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1116 t per person in 2009.
- What is the lowest recovered paper — production, per capita recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0166 t per person in 1966.
- How does Canada rank for recovered paper — production, per capita?
- Canada ranks 21st out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is recovered paper — production, per capita rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Recovered paper — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.