Paper and board production excluding newsprint fell 1.30% to 388,553,568 kt in the World in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, paper and board production excluding newsprint in the World reached an all time high of 393,653,253 kt in 2017 and an all time low of 62,713,896 kt in 1961. When compared to World's main peers, paper and board production excluding newsprint in China amounted to 102,450,000 kt, 21,456,000 kt in Germany, 23,462,000 kt in Japan and 70,594,629 kt in USA in 2018.
World has been ranked th within the group of 111 countries we follow in terms of paper and board production excluding newsprint.
| Paper and Board Production (Excl. Newsprint) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | kt | 4,464,830 | 4,623,735 | 4,593,163 | 4,536,013 | 4,750,271 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 1,724,000 | 1,791,000 | 1,752,222 | 1,722,000 | 1,645,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 6,757,000 | 6,800,000 | 6,569,000 | 6,902,000 | 7,141,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 101,450,000 | 104,150,000 | 105,950,000 | 108,950,000 | 102,450,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 7,225,000 | 7,193,677 | 7,196,431 | 7,245,850 | 7,124,057 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 20,807,000 | 20,831,000 | 20,868,000 | 21,492,000 | 21,471,434 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 13,110,000 | 14,055,000 | 14,450,000 | 15,127,000 | 16,084,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 23,492,000 | 23,419,000 | 23,314,000 | 23,765,000 | 23,462,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 4,712,000 | 5,188,000 | 5,544,000 | 5,679,000 | 5,887,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 4,153,008 | 4,289,585 | 4,581,492 | 4,693,326 | 4,802,763 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 6,387,000 | 6,579,000 | 7,077,480 | 7,278,989 | 7,521,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 10,199,000 | 10,235,000 | 10,262,000 | 9,971,000 | 10,543,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 71,172,000 | 70,739,000 | 70,417,239 | 70,849,826 | 69,932,172 | ||||||||||||||||
| World | kt | 377,464,457 | 382,426,428 | 385,936,211 | 393,610,452 | 388,180,612 |
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