Recovered paper production fell 1.88% to 229,460,620 kt in the World in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in the World reached an all time high of 233,851,586 kt in 2017 and an all time low of 15,383,200 kt in 1961. When compared to World's main peers, recovered paper production in China amounted to 49,392,000 kt, 15,070,000 kt in Germany, 20,694,000 kt in Japan and 47,788,000 kt in USA in 2018.
World has been ranked th 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 2,577,000 | 2,600,000 | 2,700,000 | 2,700,000 | 2,700,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 48,412,000 | 48,318,000 | 49,635,000 | 52,852,000 | 49,392,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 3,600,000 | 3,700,000 | 3,700,000 | 3,700,000 | 3,700,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 21,783,651 | 21,435,849 | 21,274,708 | 21,093,763 | 20,694,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 4,900,000 | 4,900,000 | 4,900,000 | 4,622,000 | 4,784,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 8,723,000 | 8,333,000 | 8,340,000 | 8,845,000 | 8,471,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 46,421,308 | 47,209,647 | 47,626,950 | 47,626,950 | 47,787,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| World | kt | 227,242,203 | 228,112,206 | 230,307,456 | 233,999,359 | 231,823,706 |
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