Recovered paper production rose 3.00% to 5,144,000 kt in Italy in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Italy reached an all time high of 6,479,000 kt in 2016 and an all time low of 299,000 kt in 1963. When compared to Italy's main peers, recovered paper production in Austria amounted to 1,466,564 kt, 6,938,000 kt in France, 246,000 kt in Slovenia and 1,261,252 kt in Switzerland in 2018.
Italy has been ranked 8th within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production.
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 45,000 | 45,000 | 45,000 | 45,000 | 45,000 | |||||
| France | kt | 7,313,200 | 7,123,000 | 7,242,000 | 7,289,600 | 6,938,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | kt | ... | ... | 172,530 | 170,000 | 170,000 | 246,000 | 354,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | kt | 4,439,300 | 4,567,500 | 4,710,300 | 4,560,100 | 4,451,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | kt | 1,324,004 | 1,307,056 | 1,278,600 | 1,261,252 | 1,258,265 |
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