Recovered paper production rose 1.45% to 70,000 kt in Latvia in 2017, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Latvia reached an all time high of 105,000 kt in 2013 and an all time low of 12,500 kt in 1992. When compared to Latvia's main peers, recovered paper production in Belarus amounted to 30,000 kt, 90,000 kt in Estonia, 162,000 kt in Lithuania and 3,115,000 kt in Russia in 2017.
Latvia has been ranked 73rd within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 18 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 |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 46,421,308 | 47,209,647 | 47,626,950 | 47,626,950 | 47,787,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | kt | 147,000 | 147,000 | 147,000 | 725,000 | 725,000 |
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