Based on a comparison of 59 countries in 2020, China ranked the highest in wrapping paper production with 7,050,000 kt followed by USA and Sweden. On the other end of the scale was Costa Rica with 621 kt, Zambia with 1,000 kt and Iraq with 1,000 kt.
Total wrapping paper production reached 18,159,919 kt in 2020 in the World according to Faostat. This is 4.29 % less than in the previous year and 4.74 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total wrapping paper production reached an all time high of 26,796,162 kt in 1998 and an all time low of 14,565,928 kt in 2001. The average annual growth amounted to -1.75 % since 1998.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 38.8 % of wrapping paper production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 53.2 % share while the ten largest countries some 76.1 % in 2020.
Data for more countries are available at Wrapping Paper Production indicator page.
| Wrapping Paper 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 | 294,710 | 304,612 | 307,822 | 316,994 | 371,057 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | kt | 618,000 | 599,000 | 573,000 | 551,000 | 548,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | kt | 198,100 | 198,197 | 215,516 | 247,000 | 242,404 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 343,000 | 350,000 | 214,000 | 271,000 | 281,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 6,500,000 | 6,650,000 | 6,750,000 | 6,950,000 | 6,900,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | kt | 391,400 | 412,253 | 436,914 | 467,976 | 442,606 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | kt | 676,473 | 692,758 | 735,282 | 641,735 | 813,246 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 378,000 | 357,000 | 391,000 | 418,000 | 424,769 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kt | 475,066 | 490,726 | 253,000 | 553,051 | 561,154 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 905,000 | 891,000 | 877,000 | 896,000 | 896,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 515,000 | 545,000 | 601,306 | 613,272 | 577,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 195,000 | 186,000 | 187,000 | 176,000 | 198,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | kt | 1,010,000 | 1,060,000 | 1,033,000 | 1,038,000 | 1,014,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | kt | 610,526 | 614,741 | 621,054 | 616,843 | 537,059 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 1,511,000 | 1,540,000 | 1,527,108 | 1,533,022 | 2,532,861 |
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