Based on a comparison of 58 countries in 2020, USA ranked the highest in wood pulp production with 50,871,015 kt followed by Brazil and Canada. On the other end of the scale was Sri Lanka with 2,600 kt, Denmark with 4,830 kt and Uzbekistan with 7,400 kt.
Total wood pulp production reached 186,435,921 kt in 2020 in the World according to Faostat. This is 1.88 % less than in the previous year and 7.51 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total wood pulp production reached an all time high of 192,514,967 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 61,548,400 kt in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 1.90 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 27.3 % of wood pulp production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 47.1 % share while the ten largest countries some 83.0 % in 2020.
Data for more countries are available at Wood Pulp Production indicator page.
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | kt | 16,845,000 | 17,813,000 | 19,409,000 | 20,187,000 | 21,695,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 17,277,000 | 17,180,000 | 17,037,000 | 16,837,000 | 16,790,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | kt | 5,208,800 | 5,116,600 | 5,145,400 | 5,192,500 | 5,362,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 10,974,000 | 11,014,000 | 11,781,000 | 12,199,000 | 13,272,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | kt | 10,471,386 | 10,450,000 | 10,920,000 | 11,098,000 | 12,060,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | kt | 6,672,000 | 7,022,000 | 7,331,953 | 7,848,270 | 8,268,335 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 9,066,000 | 8,875,000 | 8,809,000 | 8,921,000 | 8,806,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | kt | 2,625,900 | 2,660,900 | 2,729,100 | 2,752,900 | 2,772,900 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 7,532,000 | 8,074,186 | 8,352,000 | 8,292,000 | 8,579,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | kt | 11,531,025 | 11,621,999 | 11,824,011 | 12,157,000 | 11,995,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 50,106,640 | 49,368,210 | 49,534,430 | 49,247,516 | 53,233,456 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | kt | 1,910,000 | 2,412,000 | 2,604,326 | 2,644,000 | 2,543,345 |
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