Based on a comparison of 71 countries in 2018, USA ranked the highest in production of pulp for paper with 47,924,814 kt followed by Brazil and China. On the other end of the scale was Cuba with 100 kt, Algeria with 2,000 kt and Iraq with 2,000 kt.
Total production of pulp for paper reached 191,257,354 kt in 2018 in the World according to Faostat. This is 1.58 % more than in the previous year and -0.476 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, total production of pulp for paper reached an all time high of 196,050,077 kt in 2007 and an all time low of 61,879,400 kt in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 2.00 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 25.1 % of production of pulp for paper in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 45.3 % share while the ten largest countries some 82.4 % in 2018.
Data for more countries are available at Production of Pulp for Paper indicator page.
| Production of Pulp for Paper | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Brazil | kt | 13,977,000 | 15,129,000 | 16,465,000 | 17,426,000 | 18,835,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 17,189,000 | 17,293,000 | 16,592,000 | 16,590,000 | 16,547,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | kt | 5,080,000 | 5,157,000 | 5,208,800 | 5,116,600 | 5,145,400 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 18,842,000 | 17,100,000 | 17,173,000 | 16,463,000 | 15,964,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | kt | 10,109,650 | 10,270,000 | 10,221,386 | 10,250,000 | 10,520,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 2,636,000 | 2,610,000 | 2,597,000 | 2,553,000 | 2,485,067 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 4,131,600 | 4,681,300 | 5,986,300 | 6,276,300 | 6,126,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | kt | 6,710,000 | 6,782,000 | 6,777,000 | 7,127,000 | 7,269,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 8,664,000 | 8,791,000 | 8,989,000 | 8,745,000 | 8,656,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | kt | 2,452,030 | 2,536,674 | 2,625,900 | 2,612,300 | 2,624,400 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 7,572,000 | 7,571,000 | 7,603,000 | 8,174,186 | 8,452,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kt | 2,858,500 | 3,020,559 | 2,647,790 | 2,444,200 | 2,090,657 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | kt | 11,658,000 | 11,222,000 | 10,991,025 | 11,086,999 | 11,289,011 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 49,519,530 | 48,184,100 | 49,103,770 | 48,503,940 | 48,765,200 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | kt | 1,154,000 | 1,240,000 | 1,910,000 | 2,412,000 | 2,604,326 |
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