Based on a comparison of 46 countries in 2020, China ranked the highest in hardboard production with 3,421,000 '000 cbm followed by Germany and Belarus. On the other end of the scale was Guatemala with 44.0 '000 cbm, Ethiopia with 200 '000 cbm and Bosnia and Herzegovina with 1,000 '000 cbm.
Total hardboard production reached 6,847,962 '000 cbm in 2020 in the World according to Faostat. This is 1.31 % less than in the previous year and -11.7 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, total hardboard production reached an all time high of 11,947,394 '000 cbm in 2013 and an all time low of 5,906,201 '000 cbm in 2002. The average annual growth amounted to 0.054 % since 1995.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 50.0 % of hardboard production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 91.4 % share while the ten largest countries some 117 % in 2020.
Data for more countries are available at Hardboard Production indicator page.
| Hardboard Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Belarus | '000 cbm | 75,000 | 49,500 | 136,000 | 184,000 | 206,211 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | '000 cbm | 349,000 | 347,000 | 317,000 | 317,000 | 317,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | '000 cbm | 82,000 | 84,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | '000 cbm | 6,113,000 | 5,967,000 | 5,176,000 | 3,493,000 | 3,421,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cuba | '000 cbm | 85,000 | 85,000 | 85,000 | 85,000 | 85,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | '000 cbm | 103,000 | 115,679 | 114,000 | 105,829 | 105,829 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | '000 cbm | ... | 2,274,410 | 2,313,219 | 2,395,969 | 2,452,534 | 2,349,505 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| India | '000 cbm | 83,200 | 83,200 | 83,200 | 83,200 | 83,200 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | '000 cbm | ... | ... | ... | 197,000 | 197,000 | 197,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | |||||||||||||
| Poland | '000 cbm | 218,349 | 107,306 | 118,473 | 114,853 | 117,013 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | '000 cbm | 528,000 | 492,000 | 437,000 | 420,000 | 418,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | '000 cbm | 131,000 | 141,000 | 131,000 | 131,000 | 131,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | '000 cbm | 92,000 | 281,000 | 268,000 | 276,000 | 259,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | '000 cbm | 390,000 | 390,000 | 390,000 | 343,700 | 316,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | '000 cbm | 50,000 | 50,000 | 381,700 | 381,700 | 381,700 |
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