Recovered paper production rose 52.9% to 26,000 kt in Panama in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Panama reached an all time high of 28,000 kt in 1984 and an all time low of 9,000 kt in 1970. When compared to Panama's main peers, recovered paper production in Colombia amounted to 753,017 kt, 110,000 kt in Costa Rica, 60,000 kt in Honduras and 35,000 kt in Nicaragua in 2018.
Panama has been ranked 89th within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 6 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 |
| Belize | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 300 | 500 | 400 | 300 | 300 | |||
| Brazil | kt | 4,805,000 | 4,742,000 | 4,589,000 | 4,956,000 | 5,063,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | kt | 751,055 | 786,674 | 777,350 | 819,211 | 887,789 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | kt | 110,000 | 110,000 | 110,000 | 110,000 | 110,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | kt | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | kt | 95,000 | 101,000 | 100,000 | 115,000 | 115,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | kt | 57,953 | 60,000 | 53,745 | 60,000 | 60,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 4,900,000 | 4,900,000 | 4,900,000 | 4,622,000 | 4,784,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34,000 | 39,000 | 39,000 | 40,000 | 35,000 | |||||||||
| Panama | kt | 15,000 | 15,000 | 17,000 | 17,000 | 26,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | kt | 72,000 | 72,000 | 72,000 | 72,000 | 72,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 46,421,308 | 47,209,647 | 47,626,950 | 47,626,950 | 47,787,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | kt | 201,000 | 201,000 | 201,000 | 201,000 | 201,000 |
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