Chemical wood pulp production rose 2.12% to 146,421,683 kt in the World in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, chemical wood pulp production in the World reached an all time high of 146,421,683 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 37,397,300 kt in 1961. When compared to World's main peers, chemical wood pulp production in China amounted to 8,897,000 kt, 1,585,000 kt in Germany, 8,077,000 kt in Japan and 42,539,598 kt in USA in 2018.
World has been ranked th within the group of 46 countries we follow in terms of chemical wood pulp production.
| Chemical Wood Pulp Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | kt | 1,123,932 | 1,003,546 | 1,279,443 | 1,269,100 | 1,323,113 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 272,000 | 267,000 | 271,342 | 271,893 | 279,490 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 9,114,000 | 9,100,000 | 9,128,000 | 9,072,000 | 8,961,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 7,049,000 | 7,089,000 | 7,479,000 | 7,824,000 | 8,897,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 1,366,000 | 1,635,000 | 1,630,000 | 1,608,000 | 1,523,200 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 1,633,000 | 1,608,000 | 1,612,067 | 1,637,000 | 1,646,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 2,394,300 | 2,534,300 | 2,434,800 | 2,434,800 | 2,434,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 8,302,000 | 8,132,000 | 8,048,000 | 8,184,000 | 8,077,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 107,000 | 136,000 | 135,000 | 125,000 | 125,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 880,653 | 873,334 | 877,417 | 935,716 | 961,489 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 5,463,000 | 5,325,000 | 5,552,000 | 6,012,000 | 6,159,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 517,000 | 441,000 | 450,000 | 437,000 | 499,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 42,334,000 | 42,110,000 | 42,461,999 | 42,525,299 | 46,394,152 | ||||||||||||||||
| World | kt | 135,499,634 | 136,624,565 | 139,499,970 | 142,548,519 | 150,337,393 |
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