Paper and paperboard production fell 0.230% to 91,692 kt in the European Union in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, paper and paperboard production in the European Union reached an all time high of 101,986 kt in 2007 and an all time low of 18,146 kt in 1961. When compared to European Union's main peers, paper and paperboard production in China amounted to 79,000,000 kt, 15,013,000 kt in Japan, 5,674,000 kt in Russia and 56,212,000 kt in USA in 2015.
European Union has been ranked th within the group of 117 countries we follow in terms of paper and paperboard production.
| Paper and Paperboard Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Canada | kt | 3,716,000 | 3,750,000 | 3,574,000 | 3,927,000 | 4,081,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 76,550,000 | 79,000,000 | 80,700,000 | 83,400,000 | 77,900,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| European Union | kt | 91,904 | 91,692 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 13,682,000 | 13,987,000 | 14,080,000 | 14,554,000 | 14,747,630 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 8,711,000 | 9,255,000 | 9,772,000 | 10,335,000 | 10,964,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 15,001,000 | 15,013,000 | 15,208,000 | 15,499,000 | 15,591,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 4,151,000 | 4,582,000 | 4,952,000 | 5,080,000 | 5,298,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 5,407,000 | 5,674,000 | 6,252,480 | 6,376,871 | 6,556,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 7,934,000 | 8,101,000 | 8,324,000 | 7,604,000 | 7,863,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 55,809,000 | 56,212,000 | 56,011,851 | 57,303,198 | 57,920,135 |
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