Recovered paper production rose 0% to 25,000 kt in Iceland in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Iceland reached an all time high of 31,000 kt in 2016 and an all time low of 8,000 kt in 2000. When compared to Iceland's main peers, recovered paper production in Denmark amounted to 590,000 kt, 602,000 kt in Norway, 1,148,000 kt in Sweden and 7,547,000 kt in United Kingdom in 2018.
Iceland has been ranked 91st within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 13 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 |
| Belgium | kt | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | kt | 619,050 | 619,050 | 619,050 | 590,000 | 590,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | kt | 613,000 | 636,000 | 560,000 | 641,000 | 620,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | kt | 30,000 | 30,000 | 31,000 | 25,000 | 33,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | kt | 401,837 | 436,455 | 434,054 | 434,054 | 369,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | kt | 2,209,000 | 2,232,000 | 2,285,000 | 2,634,000 | 2,493,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | kt | 607,000 | 635,000 | 605,000 | 602,000 | 604,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 2,860,000 | 2,720,000 | 2,720,000 | 3,115,000 | 3,450,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | kt | 1,161,000 | 1,210,000 | 1,159,000 | 1,155,000 | 1,148,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | kt | 8,014,000 | 7,912,000 | 7,825,000 | 7,772,000 | 7,539,000 |
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