Recovered paper production rose 27.8% to 207,000 kt in Lithuania in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Lithuania reached an all time high of 207,000 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 23,000 kt in 1993. When compared to Lithuania's main peers, recovered paper production in Belarus amounted to 30,000 kt, 90,000 kt in Estonia, 70,000 kt in Latvia and 3,450,000 kt in Russia in 2018.
Lithuania has been ranked 49th 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 |
| 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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