Wood pulp production rose 1.67% to 187,758,058 kt in the World in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, wood pulp production in the World reached an all time high of 187,758,058 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 61,548,400 kt in 1961. When compared to World's main peers, wood pulp production in China amounted to 13,272,000 kt, 2,398,000 kt in Germany, 8,806,000 kt in Japan and 48,965,076 kt in USA in 2018.
World has been ranked th within the group of 57 countries we follow in terms of wood pulp production.
| Wood Pulp 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 | 1,943,782 | 1,812,471 | 2,116,306 | 2,056,089 | 2,083,266 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 501,000 | 492,000 | 500,001 | 501,010 | 515,010 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 17,277,000 | 17,180,000 | 17,037,000 | 16,837,000 | 16,790,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 10,974,000 | 11,014,000 | 11,781,000 | 12,199,000 | 13,272,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 1,651,000 | 1,725,000 | 1,720,000 | 1,708,000 | 1,613,200 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 2,597,000 | 2,553,000 | 2,485,067 | 2,432,000 | 2,459,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 3,330,300 | 3,470,300 | 3,361,800 | 3,361,800 | 3,361,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 9,066,000 | 8,875,000 | 8,809,000 | 8,921,000 | 8,806,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 115,000 | 136,000 | 135,000 | 125,000 | 125,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 1,119,359 | 1,115,234 | 1,630,365 | 1,761,716 | 1,742,656 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 7,532,000 | 8,074,186 | 8,352,000 | 8,292,000 | 8,579,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 602,000 | 500,000 | 521,000 | 505,000 | 575,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 50,106,640 | 49,368,210 | 49,534,430 | 49,247,516 | 53,233,456 | ||||||||||||||||
| World | kt | 176,930,031 | 177,654,267 | 182,301,128 | 184,319,925 | 192,514,967 |
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