Based on a comparison of 72 countries in 2020, USA ranked the highest in production of pulp for paper with 49,903,029 kt followed by Brazil and China. On the other end of the scale was Cuba with 100 kt, Myanmar with 1,000 kt and Algeria with 2,000 kt.
Total production of pulp for paper reached 188,946,177 kt in 2020 in the World according to Faostat. This is 2.18 % less than in the previous year and 2.12 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total production of pulp for paper reached an all time high of 196,475,982 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 61,879,400 kt in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 1.91 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 26.4 % of production of pulp for paper in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 47.0 % share while the ten largest countries some 82.4 % in 2020.
Data for more countries are available at Production of Pulp for Paper indicator page.
| Production of Pulp for Paper | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Brazil | kt | 16,465,000 | 17,426,000 | 18,835,000 | 19,590,000 | 21,148,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 16,592,000 | 16,590,000 | 16,547,000 | 16,337,000 | 16,210,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | kt | 5,208,800 | 5,116,600 | 5,145,400 | 5,192,500 | 5,362,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 17,173,000 | 16,463,000 | 15,964,000 | 16,374,000 | 17,576,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | kt | 10,221,386 | 10,250,000 | 10,520,000 | 10,683,000 | 11,660,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 2,597,000 | 2,553,000 | 2,485,067 | 2,432,000 | 2,543,384 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 5,986,300 | 6,276,300 | 6,126,800 | 6,126,800 | 6,126,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | kt | 6,777,000 | 7,127,000 | 7,269,000 | 7,782,000 | 8,234,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 8,989,000 | 8,745,000 | 8,656,000 | 8,757,000 | 8,644,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 1,181,435 | 1,159,742 | 1,654,934 | 1,735,411 | 1,720,605 | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | kt | 2,625,900 | 2,612,300 | 2,624,400 | 2,647,500 | 2,666,400 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 7,603,000 | 8,174,186 | 8,452,000 | 8,392,000 | 8,679,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | kt | 10,991,025 | 11,086,999 | 11,289,011 | 11,654,000 | 11,514,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 49,103,770 | 48,503,940 | 48,765,200 | 48,350,516 | 52,186,107 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | kt | 1,910,000 | 2,412,000 | 2,604,326 | 2,644,000 | 2,543,345 |
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