Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre by country
Recovered paper — Production 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
125
Highest
539 t per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
0 t per square kilometre
Turkmenistan
Median
0.6972 t per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
4,635
What the numbers show
Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre is currently reported for 125 countries. The highest value is 539 t per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 0 t per square kilometre in Turkmenistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.6972 t per square kilometre, and the mean is 9.36 t per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan, Republic of (up 9,972.8%), and the largest decrease in Yemen, Republic of (down 90.0%).
Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 539 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 100 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 3 | Malta | 81.84 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Belgium | 48.44 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.5% | falling |
| 5 | Japan | 46.97 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Germany | 36 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Switzerland | 28.88 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 25.25 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.8% | flat |
| 9 | Italy | 23.34 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Austria | 18.75 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Denmark | 14.75 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Israel | 14.09 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 13 | Czechia | 12.05 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 14 | France | 12.04 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Poland | 11.1 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Portugal | 10.17 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Kuwait | 9.54 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 18 | Spain | 8.49 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 19 | China (People’s Republic of) | 7.55 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.7% | volatile |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 7.04 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Slovak Republic | 6.45 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 22 | Greece | 6.37 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 204.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Ireland | 6.02 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Thailand | 5.91 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Cyprus | 5.82 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Hungary | 5.48 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 27 | Mauritius | 4.76 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Malaysia | 3.65 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 29 | Slovenia | 3.55 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Philippines | 3.06 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 2.75 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 2.7 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 33 | India | 2.62 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 168.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Romania | 2.61 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Lebanon | 2.54 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Lithuania | 2.51 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Barbados | 2.33 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Mexico | 2.32 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Estonia | 2.25 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Costa Rica | 2.15 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 41 | Sweden | 2.07 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Serbia, Republic of | 1.91 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 43 | Indonesia | 1.71 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 44 | St. Lucia | 1.64 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 1.47 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 220.0% | falling |
| 46 | Norway | 1.46 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Belarus, Republic of | 1.45 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Finland | 1.45 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.36 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 50 | Qatar | 1.31 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 51 | New Zealand | 1.3 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Ukraine | 1.25 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 393.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Latvia | 1.21 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 54 | Jordan | 1.13 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Jamaica | 1.11 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 56 | Guatemala | 1.07 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Iraq | 1.06 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,486.2% | volatile |
| 58 | South Africa | 1.06 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 59 | North Macedonia, Republic of | 0.9057 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Montenegro | 0.7435 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Ecuador | 0.7363 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 62 | French Polynesia | 0.7203 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 63 | Colombia | 0.6972 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Honduras | 0.5362 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 65 | Brazil | 0.5139 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4883 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.5% | rising |
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4652 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 68 | Myanmar | 0.4602 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 691.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Argentina | 0.459 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 126.4% | rising |
| 70 | Chile | 0.4019 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Canada | 0.4013 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.3817 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | Panama | 0.3505 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 73.7% | rising |
| 74 | Australia | 0.35 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Eswatini, Kingdom of | 0.3488 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Morocco | 0.3137 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 77 | Nicaragua | 0.2908 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 78 | Oman | 0.2779 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 79 | Cuba | 0.2697 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 80 | Nepal | 0.2651 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 216.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Tunisia | 0.2575 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | Croatia | 0.2563 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Iceland | 0.2479 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 84 | El Salvador | 0.2413 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 85 | Pakistan | 0.2114 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 86 | Zimbabwe | 0.1809 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 87 | Albania | 0.1723 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Fiji, Republic of | 0.1642 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 89 | Georgia | 0.1583 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Uruguay | 0.1143 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Cambodia | 0.1133 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 92 | Lesotho, Kingdom of | 0.0988 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 93 | New Caledonia | 0.0885 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 94 | Paraguay | 0.0758 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 95 | Kenya | 0.0654 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 96 | Bahamas, The | 0.0586 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 475.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Peru | 0.0563 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 98 | Uzbekistan, Republic of | 0.0512 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9,972.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Algeria | 0.0399 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Haiti | 0.0363 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Namibia | 0.0243 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 102 | Libya | 0.0227 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Nigeria | 0.022 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 104 | Mali | 0.0205 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Botswana | 0.0176 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 106 | Mozambique, Republic of | 0.0165 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 160.0% | rising |
| 107 | Kazakhstan, Republic of | 0.014 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 108 | Ghana | 0.0132 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Belize | 0.0132 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 110 | Togo | 0.0129 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 111 | Malawi | 0.0106 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 112 | Benin | 0.0089 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 113 | Suriname | 0.0044 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Sudan | 0.0032 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Yemen, Republic of | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of | 0.0022 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 117 | Madagascar, Republic of | 0.0015 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0006 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Armenia, Republic of | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | flat |
| 119 | Azerbaijan, Republic of | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | flat |
| 119 | Kyrgyz Republic | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | flat |
| 119 | Liechtenstein, Principality of | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | flat |
| 119 | Senegal | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | flat |
| 119 | Seychelles | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | flat |
| 119 | Turkmenistan | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.85 t per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Recovered paper — Production 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.
Recovered paper — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Recovered paper — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.