Production of printing and writing paper fell 1.59% to 101,132,835 kt in the World in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, production of printing and writing paper in the World reached an all time high of 115,487,143 kt in 2007 and an all time low of 15,596,200 kt in 1961. When compared to World's main peers, production of printing and writing paper in China amounted to 25,150,000 kt, 6,844,000 kt in Germany, 8,406,000 kt in Japan and 14,527,000 kt in USA in 2015.
World has been ranked th within the group of 75 countries we follow in terms of production of printing and writing paper.
| Production of Printing and Writing Paper | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | kt | 2,327,040 | 2,391,041 | 2,337,313 | 2,227,677 | 2,093,412 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 1,141,000 | 1,185,000 | 1,159,222 | 1,118,000 | 1,053,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 3,041,000 | 3,050,000 | 2,995,000 | 2,975,000 | 3,060,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 24,900,000 | 25,150,000 | 25,250,000 | 25,550,000 | 24,550,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 1,715,000 | 1,556,677 | 1,470,931 | 1,447,650 | 1,370,557 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 7,125,000 | 6,844,000 | 6,788,000 | 6,938,000 | 6,723,804 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 4,399,000 | 4,800,000 | 4,678,000 | 4,792,000 | 5,120,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 8,491,000 | 8,406,000 | 8,106,000 | 8,266,000 | 7,871,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 561,000 | 606,000 | 592,000 | 599,000 | 589,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 775,165 | 760,364 | 772,156 | 785,825 | 765,038 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 980,000 | 905,000 | 825,000 | 902,118 | 965,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 2,265,000 | 2,134,000 | 1,938,000 | 2,367,000 | 2,680,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 15,363,000 | 14,527,000 | 14,405,388 | 13,546,628 | 12,012,037 | ||||||||||||||||
| World | kt | 102,765,844 | 101,132,835 | 99,305,109 | 99,515,986 | 96,170,753 |
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