Recovered paper production rose 6.49% to 50,321 kt in Cyprus in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Cyprus reached an all time high of 50,321 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 10,000 kt in 1992. When compared to Cyprus's main peers, recovered paper production in Egypt amounted to 380,000 kt, 315,000 kt in Greece, 305,000 kt in Israel and 1,534,000 kt in Turkey in 2018.
Cyprus has been ranked 76th within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 1 place 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 |
| Albania | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8,000 | 9,000 | 13,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | |||
| Bulgaria | kt | 50,000 | 70,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 90,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cyprus | kt | 41,800 | 42,243 | 43,627 | 47,255 | 50,321 | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | kt | 380,000 | 380,000 | 380,000 | 380,000 | 380,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | kt | 275,000 | 295,000 | 320,000 | 315,000 | 310,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | kt | 80,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | kt | 26,000 | 65,000 | 140,000 | 205,000 | 190,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | kt | 305,000 | 305,000 | 305,000 | 305,000 | 305,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | kt | 70,000 | 70,000 | 85,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26,000 | 26,000 | 26,000 | 26,000 | 26,000 | |||
| Libya | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12,000 | 12,000 | 25,000 | 34,000 | 16,000 | ||||
| Macedonia | kt | 30,000 | 29,000 | 30,000 | 28,000 | 22,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | kt | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | kt | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Turkey | kt | 1,534,000 | 1,534,000 | 1,534,000 | 1,534,000 | 1,534,000 |
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