Based on a comparison of 47 countries in 2020, USA ranked the highest in chemical wood pulp production with 45,160,999 kt followed by Brazil and China. On the other end of the scale was Sri Lanka with 2,600 kt, Uzbekistan with 7,400 kt and Bangladesh with 11,000 kt.
Total chemical wood pulp production reached 147,956,595 kt in 2020 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.303 % less than in the previous year and 13.8 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total chemical wood pulp production reached an all time high of 150,337,393 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 37,397,300 kt in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 2.36 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 30.5 % of chemical wood pulp production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 51.1 % share while the ten largest countries some 85.0 % in 2020.
Data for more countries are available at Chemical Wood Pulp Production indicator page.
| Chemical 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 |
| Brazil | kt | 15,862,000 | 16,840,000 | 18,210,000 | 18,966,000 | 20,524,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 9,114,000 | 9,100,000 | 9,128,000 | 9,072,000 | 8,961,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | kt | 4,894,500 | 4,806,200 | 4,859,600 | 4,921,000 | 5,053,100 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 7,049,000 | 7,089,000 | 7,479,000 | 7,824,000 | 8,897,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | kt | 6,756,406 | 6,930,000 | 7,060,000 | 7,542,000 | 8,150,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 1,366,000 | 1,635,000 | 1,630,000 | 1,608,000 | 1,523,200 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 1,633,000 | 1,608,000 | 1,612,067 | 1,637,000 | 1,646,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 2,394,300 | 2,534,300 | 2,434,800 | 2,434,800 | 2,434,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | kt | 6,395,000 | 6,745,000 | 6,887,000 | 7,400,000 | 7,852,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 8,302,000 | 8,132,000 | 8,048,000 | 8,184,000 | 8,077,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | kt | 2,625,900 | 2,612,300 | 2,624,400 | 2,647,500 | 2,666,400 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 5,463,000 | 5,325,000 | 5,552,000 | 6,012,000 | 6,159,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | kt | 7,736,025 | 7,788,999 | 8,009,011 | 8,248,000 | 8,109,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 42,334,000 | 42,110,000 | 42,461,999 | 42,525,299 | 46,394,152 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | kt | 1,910,000 | 2,412,000 | 2,604,326 | 2,644,000 | 2,543,345 |
Helgi Library 
