Recovered paper production rose 0% to 19,000 kt in Malta in 2016, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Malta reached an all time high of 20,000 kt in 2014 and an all time low of 1,000 kt in 2007. When compared to Malta's main peers, recovered paper production in Greece amounted to 320,000 kt, 6,479,000 kt in Italy, 40,000 kt in Tunisia and 1,534,000 kt in Turkey in 2016.
Malta has been ranked 94th within the group of 127 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 94 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 |
| Albania | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8,000 | 9,000 | 13,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | |||
| Algeria | kt | 52,000 | 52,000 | 54,000 | 77,000 | 77,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Austria | kt | 1,474,203 | 1,508,311 | 1,478,235 | 1,413,596 | 1,466,308 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | kt | 50,000 | 70,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 90,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 7,313,200 | 7,123,000 | 7,242,000 | 7,289,600 | 6,938,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | kt | 275,000 | 295,000 | 320,000 | 315,000 | 310,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | kt | 80,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | kt | 26,000 | 65,000 | 140,000 | 205,000 | 190,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kt | 6,068,000 | 6,351,000 | 6,479,000 | 4,993,880 | 5,143,597 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12,000 | 12,000 | 25,000 | 34,000 | 16,000 | ||||
| Macedonia | kt | 30,000 | 29,000 | 30,000 | 28,000 | 22,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malta | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20,000 | 19,000 | 19,000 | 20,450 | 18,200 | |||||||||
| Slovenia | kt | ... | ... | 172,530 | 170,000 | 170,000 | 246,000 | 354,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | kt | 1,324,004 | 1,307,056 | 1,278,600 | 1,261,252 | 1,258,265 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | kt | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | kt | 1,534,000 | 1,534,000 | 1,534,000 | 1,534,000 | 1,534,000 |
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