Recovered paper production rose 12.9% to 395,000 kt in Slovakia in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Slovakia reached an all time high of 395,000 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 75,000 kt in 1994. When compared to Slovakia's main peers, recovered paper production in Austria amounted to 1,466,564 kt, 1,034,164 kt in Czech Republic, 559,000 kt in Hungary and 2,800,000 kt in Poland in 2018.
Slovakia has been ranked 42nd within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 4 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 |
| Austria | kt | 1,474,203 | 1,508,311 | 1,478,235 | 1,413,596 | 1,466,308 | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | kt | 887,573 | 950,206 | 1,004,407 | 1,017,044 | 1,034,164 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 15,102,000 | 15,360,000 | 15,176,000 | 15,237,000 | 17,200,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | kt | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kt | 6,068,000 | 6,351,000 | 6,479,000 | 4,993,880 | 5,143,597 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 2,535,000 | 2,495,400 | 2,682,000 | 2,799,900 | 2,892,300 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 2,860,000 | 2,720,000 | 2,720,000 | 3,115,000 | 3,450,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | kt | 280,000 | 300,000 | 320,000 | 350,000 | 395,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | kt | 1,324,004 | 1,307,056 | 1,278,600 | 1,261,252 | 1,258,265 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | kt | 147,000 | 147,000 | 147,000 | 725,000 | 725,000 |
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