Recovered paper production rose 0% to 40,000 kt in Tunisia in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Tunisia reached an all time high of 40,000 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 3,000 kt in 1970. When compared to Tunisia's main peers, recovered paper production in Algeria amounted to 77,000 kt, 5,144,000 kt in Italy, 34,000 kt in Libya and 18,200 kt in Malta in 2018.
Tunisia has been ranked 79th within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 11 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 |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Egypt | kt | 380,000 | 380,000 | 380,000 | 380,000 | 380,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Malta | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20,000 | 19,000 | 19,000 | 20,450 | 18,200 | |||||||||
| Morocco | kt | 140,000 | 140,000 | 140,000 | 140,000 | 140,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | kt | ... | ... | 172,530 | 170,000 | 170,000 | 246,000 | 354,000 | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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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