Recovered paper production rose 3.75% to 1,466,564 kt in Austria in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Austria reached an all time high of 1,585,674 kt in 2010 and an all time low of 75,000 kt in 1961. When compared to Austria's main peers, recovered paper production in Germany amounted to 15,070,000 kt, 559,000 kt in Hungary, 5,144,000 kt in Italy and 1,261,252 kt in Switzerland in 2018.
Austria has been ranked 21st within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 1 place 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | kt | 887,573 | 950,206 | 1,004,407 | 1,017,044 | 1,034,164 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 2,535,000 | 2,495,400 | 2,682,000 | 2,799,900 | 2,892,300 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | kt | 280,000 | 300,000 | 320,000 | 350,000 | 395,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | kt | ... | ... | 172,530 | 170,000 | 170,000 | 246,000 | 354,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | kt | 1,324,004 | 1,307,056 | 1,278,600 | 1,261,252 | 1,258,265 |
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