Recovered paper production rose 0% to 90,000 kt in Estonia in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Estonia reached an all time high of 94,675 kt in 2012 and an all time low of 8,000 kt in 1992. When compared to Estonia's main peers, recovered paper production in Finland amounted to 640,000 kt, 70,000 kt in Latvia, 207,000 kt in Lithuania and 3,450,000 kt in Russia in 2018.
Estonia has been ranked 63rd within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 1 place 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 |
| Australia | kt | 3,037,000 | 3,142,000 | 3,224,000 | 3,139,259 | 3,064,690 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belarus | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 45,000 | 35,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | ||
| China | kt | 48,412,000 | 48,318,000 | 49,635,000 | 52,852,000 | 49,392,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | kt | 91,463 | 87,451 | 90,803 | 92,193 | 96,083 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | kt | 613,000 | 636,000 | 560,000 | 641,000 | 620,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 15,102,000 | 15,360,000 | 15,176,000 | 15,237,000 | 17,200,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | kt | 3,934,000 | 3,934,000 | 3,934,000 | 3,233,309 | 3,233,309 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 21,783,651 | 21,435,849 | 21,274,708 | 21,093,763 | 20,694,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | kt | 90,000 | 98,000 | 69,000 | 70,000 | 70,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | kt | 168,980 | 159,604 | 171,500 | 162,000 | 167,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | kt | 565,000 | 427,000 | 523,000 | 540,000 | 540,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 193 | 107 | 144 | 288 | 288 | |||
| Russia | kt | 2,860,000 | 2,720,000 | 2,720,000 | 3,115,000 | 3,450,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 46,421,308 | 47,209,647 | 47,626,950 | 47,626,950 | 47,787,000 |
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