Recovered paper — Production by country

The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are...

Countries reporting
159
Highest
73.29 million t
China
Lowest
288 t
Papua New Guinea
Median
100,000 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
7,959

What the numbers show

Recovered paper — Production is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 73.29 million t in China; the lowest is 288 t in Papua New Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 100,000 t, and the mean is 2.11 million t.

Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 9,974.1%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 89.1%).

Recovered paper — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 73.29 million t 2024 up 40.2% volatile
2 China, mainland 69.72 million t 2024 up 44.0% volatile
3 United States 40.69 million t 2024 down 12.3% volatile
4 Japan 16.66 million t 2024 down 23.5% volatile
5 Germany 12.40 million t 2024 down 17.9% volatile
6 Republic of Korea 8.11 million t 2024 down 7.1% volatile
7 India 8.00 million t 2024 up 122.2% volatile
8 Italy 6.83 million t 2024 up 12.5% volatile
9 France 6.40 million t 2024 down 12.5% volatile
10 United Kingdom 6.25 million t 2024 down 22.0% volatile
10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6.25 million t 2024 down 22.0% volatile
12 Mexico 4.87 million t 2024 down 0.6% volatile
13 Spain 4.46 million t 2024 up 0.4% volatile
14 Brazil 4.30 million t 2024 down 10.6% volatile
15 Thailand 4.14 million t 2024 up 74.9% volatile
16 Poland 3.45 million t 2024 up 36.1% volatile
16 Russia 3.45 million t 2024 up 20.6% rising
16 Russian Federation 3.45 million t 2024 up 20.6% rising
19 Indonesia 3.23 million t 2024 down 17.8% volatile
20 Canada 3.05 million t 2024 up 18.4% volatile
21 USSR 3.03 million t 1991 up 34.7% rising
22 Australia and New Zealand 2.98 million t 2024 down 17.4% volatile
23 China, Taiwan Province of 2.88 million t 2024 unchanged volatile
24 Turkey 2.69 million t 2024 up 75.6% volatile
24 Türkiye 2.69 million t 2024 up 75.6% volatile
26 Australia 2.63 million t 2024 down 13.2% volatile
27 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.73 million t 2024 down 21.5% rising
28 Belgium-Luxembourg 1.50 million t 1999 up 117.1% volatile
29 Belgium 1.46 million t 2024 up 33.9% falling
30 Malaysia 1.20 million t 2024 unchanged volatile
31 South Africa 1.18 million t 2024 up 11.1% volatile
32 Switzerland 1.13 million t 2024 down 14.3% volatile
33 Austria 1.02 million t 2024 down 31.0% volatile
34 Czechia 1.01 million t 2024 up 13.7% volatile
35 Saudi Arabia 1.00 million t 2024 unchanged volatile
36 Portugal 969,945 t 2024 up 36.5% volatile
37 Sweden 926,000 t 2024 down 20.2% volatile
38 Argentina 924,000 t 2024 up 35.1% rising
39 Philippines 912,377 t 2024 up 6.8% volatile
40 Greece 821,277 t 2024 up 198.6% volatile
41 Romania 731,000 t 2024 up 48.8% volatile
42 Ukraine 725,000 t 2024 up 393.2% volatile
43 China, Hong Kong SAR 670,000 t 2024 down 29.3% rising
44 Colombia 646,000 t 2024 down 14.0% volatile
45 Norway 533,000 t 2024 down 12.2% volatile
46 Czechoslovakia 518,000 t 1991 up 4.6% rising
47 Denmark 509,000 t 2024 down 17.8% volatile
48 United Arab Emirates 500,000 t 2024 up 11.1% volatile
48 Hungary 500,000 t 2024 unchanged rising
50 Finland 460,000 t 2024 down 25.0% volatile
50 Iraq 460,000 t 2024 up 1,669.2% volatile
52 Ireland 414,600 t 2024 up 3.2% volatile
53 Singapore 402,000 t 2024 down 37.8% volatile
54 Egypt 380,000 t 2024 unchanged volatile
55 New Zealand 341,000 t 2024 down 39.6% volatile
56 Slovakia 320,000 t 2024 up 14.3% rising
57 Israel 305,000 t 2024 unchanged volatile
58 Belarus 294,200 t 2024 — volatile
59 Myanmar 237,970 t 2024 up 526.2% volatile
60 Yugoslav SFR 236,000 t 1991 down 32.6% rising
61 Slovenia 231,000 t 2024 up 33.9% volatile
62 Laos 216,000 t 2024 up 1,340.0% volatile
62 Lao People's Democratic Republic 216,000 t 2024 up 1,340.0% volatile
64 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 201,000 t 2024 unchanged rising
65 Bulgaria 200,000 t 2024 up 300.0% falling
66 Caribbean 186,187 t 2024 up 13.1% volatile
67 Ecuador 182,857 t 2024 unchanged rising
68 Kuwait 170,000 t 2024 unchanged volatile
68 Sri Lanka 170,000 t 2024 up 9.7% volatile
70 Lithuania 163,700 t 2024 down 3.1% volatile
71 Pakistan 163,000 t 2024 unchanged volatile
71 Serbia 163,000 t 2024 up 5.2% rising
73 Chile 144,000 t 2024 down 70.6% volatile
74 Morocco 140,000 t 2024 unchanged volatile
75 Dominican Republic 130,000 t 2024 up 18.2% volatile
76 Vietnam 120,000 t 2024 unchanged rising
76 Viet Nam 120,000 t 2024 unchanged rising
78 Guatemala 115,000 t 2024 up 21.1% volatile
79 Costa Rica 110,000 t 2024 unchanged volatile
80 Jordan 100,000 t 2024 up 42.9% volatile
81 Algeria 95,000 t 2024 up 82.7% volatile
81 Estonia 95,000 t 2024 up 3.9% volatile
83 Oman 86,000 t 2024 up 7.5% rising
84 Bahrain 80,000 t 2024 up 6.7% rising
84 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 80,000 t 2024 unchanged rising
86 Latvia 75,000 t 2024 down 16.7% rising
87 Peru 72,000 t 2024 unchanged rising
88 Zimbabwe 70,000 t 2024 unchanged rising
89 Luxembourg 65,000 t 2024 down 35.0% flat
90 Honduras 60,000 t 2024 up 3.5% rising
91 Cyprus 53,130 t 2024 up 27.1% volatile
92 Libya 40,000 t 2024 up 226.1% volatile
92 Tunisia 40,000 t 2024 unchanged volatile
92 Serbia and Montenegro 40,000 t 2005 up 60.0% rising
95 Kenya 38,000 t 2024 unchanged rising
95 Nepal 38,000 t 2024 up 111.1% volatile
97 Kazakhstan 37,700 t 2024 unchanged volatile
98 Nicaragua 35,000 t 2023 up 25.0% rising
99 Malta 32,846 t 2024 up 64.2% volatile
100 Uruguay 31,000 t 2024 up 158.3% volatile
101 Moldova 30,000 t 2024 up 100.0% volatile
101 Paraguay 30,000 t 2024 unchanged flat
101 Republic of Moldova 30,000 t 2024 up 100.0% volatile
101 China, Macao SAR 30,000 t 2024 down 11.8% rising
105 Cuba 28,000 t 2024 unchanged falling
106 Lebanon 26,000 t 2024 unchanged flat
106 Panama 26,000 t 2024 up 73.3% rising
108 Iceland 25,000 t 2024 down 16.7% rising
108 Mali 25,000 t 2024 down 72.2% volatile
110 North Macedonia 22,842 t 2024 down 23.9% volatile
111 Uzbekistan 22,566 t 2024 up 9,974.1% volatile
112 Cambodia 20,000 t 2024 unchanged rising
112 Namibia 20,000 t 2024 up 42.9% rising
112 Nigeria 20,000 t 2024 unchanged volatile
115 Qatar 15,000 t 2024 down 25.0% rising
116 Croatia 14,340 t 2024 down 68.1% volatile
117 Brunei 13,000 t 2024 up 85.7% flat
117 Mozambique 13,000 t 2024 up 160.0% rising
117 Brunei Darussalam 13,000 t 2024 up 85.7% flat
120 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12,500 t 2024 down 70.9% rising
121 Jamaica 12,000 t 2024 up 50.0% rising
122 Georgia 11,000 t 2024 up 10.6% volatile
122 Montenegro 11,000 t 2024 down 8.3% volatile
124 Botswana 10,000 t 2024 up 42.9% rising
125 Mauritius 9,500 t 2024 up 35.7% volatile
126 Trinidad and Tobago 7,000 t 2024 unchanged volatile
127 Cote d'Ivoire 6,000 t 2024 unchanged rising
127 Sudan 6,000 t 2024 unchanged flat
127 Eswatini 6,000 t 2024 unchanged flat
127 Sudan (former) 6,000 t 2011 unchanged rising
127 Côte d'Ivoire 6,000 t 2024 unchanged rising
132 El Salvador 5,000 t 2024 unchanged rising
133 Melanesia 4,906 t 2024 down 3.6% rising
134 Albania 3,655 t 2024 down 54.3% volatile
135 Fiji 3,000 t 2024 unchanged rising
135 Ghana 3,000 t 2024 unchanged volatile
135 Lesotho 3,000 t 2024 up 200.0% rising
138 Ethiopia 2,500 t 2024 unchanged rising
138 French Polynesia 2,500 t 2024 down 37.5% falling
138 Polynesia 2,500 t 2024 down 37.5% falling
141 Guadeloupe 2,000 t 2024 unchanged flat
141 Martinique 2,000 t 2024 unchanged falling
141 United Republic of Tanzania 2,000 t 2024 up 100.0% rising
141 Ethiopia PDR 2,000 t 1992 unchanged volatile
145 New Caledonia 1,618 t 2024 down 14.6% falling
146 Curacao 1,600 t 2024 unchanged flat
146 Curaçao 1,600 t 2024 unchanged flat
148 Yemen 1,200 t 2024 down 89.1% volatile
149 Benin 1,000 t 2024 unchanged flat
149 Barbados 1,000 t 2024 down 75.0% volatile
149 Haiti 1,000 t 2024 unchanged flat
149 Saint Lucia 1,000 t 2024 unchanged flat
149 Malawi 1,000 t 2024 unchanged flat
154 Madagascar 870 t 2024 down 56.5% volatile
155 Suriname 700 t 2024 unchanged flat
155 Togo 700 t 2024 down 12.5% rising
157 Bahamas 587 t 2024 up 475.5% volatile
158 Belize 300 t 2024 unchanged falling
159 Papua New Guinea 288 t 2024 up 49.2% volatile

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

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Indicator
Recovered paper — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
195 places, 7,959 data points, 1961–2024
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The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are detailed further and defined in the Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JFSQ) (https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en). The database contains details of the following topics: - roundwood removals (production) by coniferous and non-coniferous wood and assortments, - production and trade in industrial roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, wood charcoal, pulp, paper and paperboard, and other products. More detailed information on wood products, including definitions, can be found at: https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en