Recovered paper production rose 0% to 15,000 kt in Laos in 2017, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Laos reached an all time high of 15,000 kt in 2017 and an all time low of 6,000 kt in 2008. When compared to Laos's main peers, recovered paper production in Cambodia amounted to 20,000 kt, 52,852,000 kt in China, 2,758,000 kt in Thailand and 120,000 kt in Vietnam in 2017.
Laos has been ranked 100th within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 100 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| 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 |
| Cambodia | kt | ... | ... | ... | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | |||||||||||||
| China | kt | 48,412,000 | 48,318,000 | 49,635,000 | 52,852,000 | 49,392,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15,000 | 15,000 | 22,000 | 28,000 | 25,000 | ||||||||
| Malaysia | kt | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | kt | 38,000 | 38,000 | 38,000 | 38,000 | 38,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 2,860,000 | 2,720,000 | 2,720,000 | 3,115,000 | 3,450,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | kt | 2,365,000 | 2,765,000 | 2,785,000 | 2,758,000 | 2,842,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 46,421,308 | 47,209,647 | 47,626,950 | 47,626,950 | 47,787,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | kt | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 |
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