Recovered paper production rose 0% to 1,200,000 kt in Malaysia in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Malaysia reached an all time high of 1,200,000 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 10,000 kt in 1970. When compared to Malaysia's main peers, recovered paper production in Cambodia amounted to 20,000 kt, 700,000 kt in Singapore, 2,842,000 kt in Thailand and 120,000 kt in Vietnam in 2018.
Malaysia has been ranked 24th 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 |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | kt | 3,934,000 | 3,934,000 | 3,934,000 | 3,233,309 | 3,233,309 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | kt | 854,500 | 854,500 | 854,500 | 854,500 | 854,500 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | kt | 700,000 | 700,000 | 700,000 | 700,000 | 700,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | kt | 2,365,000 | 2,765,000 | 2,785,000 | 2,758,000 | 2,842,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | kt | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 |
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