Recovered paper production rose 0% to 110,000 kt in Costa Rica in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Costa Rica reached an all time high of 110,000 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 2,000 kt in 1977. When compared to Costa Rica's main peers, recovered paper production in Guatemala amounted to 115,000 kt, 60,000 kt in Honduras, 35,000 kt in Nicaragua and 26,000 kt in Panama in 2018.
Costa Rica has been ranked 61st within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 13 places above 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 |
| Belize | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 300 | 500 | 400 | 300 | 300 | |||
| Colombia | kt | 751,055 | 786,674 | 777,350 | 819,211 | 887,789 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | kt | 110,000 | 110,000 | 110,000 | 110,000 | 110,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | kt | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | kt | 95,000 | 101,000 | 100,000 | 115,000 | 115,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | kt | 57,953 | 60,000 | 53,745 | 60,000 | 60,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 4,900,000 | 4,900,000 | 4,900,000 | 4,622,000 | 4,784,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34,000 | 39,000 | 39,000 | 40,000 | 35,000 | |||||||||
| Panama | kt | 15,000 | 15,000 | 17,000 | 17,000 | 26,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 46,421,308 | 47,209,647 | 47,626,950 | 47,626,950 | 47,787,000 |
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