Recovered paper production fell 1.10% to 15,070,000 kt in Germany in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Germany reached an all time high of 15,822,000 kt in 2007 and an all time low of 1,209,000 kt in 1961. When compared to Germany's main peers, recovered paper production in Austria amounted to 1,466,564 kt, 1,092,030 kt in Belgium, 6,938,000 kt in France and 2,800,000 kt in Poland in 2018.
Germany has been ranked 4th within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production.
| Recovered Paper 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 | 1,474,203 | 1,508,311 | 1,478,235 | 1,413,596 | 1,466,308 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | kt | 887,573 | 950,206 | 1,004,407 | 1,017,044 | 1,034,164 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 7,313,200 | 7,123,000 | 7,242,000 | 7,289,600 | 6,938,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 15,102,000 | 15,360,000 | 15,176,000 | 15,237,000 | 17,200,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | kt | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kt | 6,068,000 | 6,351,000 | 6,479,000 | 4,993,880 | 5,143,597 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | kt | 100,000 | 100,000 | 77,000 | 75,000 | 80,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | kt | 2,209,000 | 2,232,000 | 2,285,000 | 2,634,000 | 2,493,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 2,535,000 | 2,495,400 | 2,682,000 | 2,799,900 | 2,892,300 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 2,860,000 | 2,720,000 | 2,720,000 | 3,115,000 | 3,450,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kt | 4,439,300 | 4,567,500 | 4,710,300 | 4,560,100 | 4,451,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | kt | 1,324,004 | 1,307,056 | 1,278,600 | 1,261,252 | 1,258,265 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | kt | 147,000 | 147,000 | 147,000 | 725,000 | 725,000 |
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