Based on a comparison of 62 countries in 2018, USA ranked the highest in wood pulp production with 48,965,076 kt followed by Brazil and Canada. On the other end of the scale was Madagascar with 700 kt, Myanmar with 1,200 kt and Ecuador with 2,000 kt.
Total wood pulp production reached 187,758,058 kt in 2018 in the World according to Faostat. This is 1.65 % more than in the previous year and 5.64 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total wood pulp production reached an all time high of 187,758,058 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 61,548,400 kt in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 1.98 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 26.1 % of wood pulp production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 46.6 % share while the ten largest countries some 83.0 % in 2018.
Data for more countries are available at Wood Pulp Production indicator page.
| Wood Pulp Production | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Brazil | kt | 14,318,000 | 15,492,000 | 16,845,000 | 17,813,000 | 19,409,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 17,849,000 | 18,053,000 | 17,277,000 | 17,180,000 | 17,037,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | kt | 5,080,000 | 5,157,000 | 5,208,800 | 5,116,600 | 5,145,400 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 9,284,000 | 10,445,000 | 10,974,000 | 11,014,000 | 11,781,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | kt | 10,234,650 | 10,520,000 | 10,471,386 | 10,450,000 | 10,920,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 2,636,000 | 2,610,000 | 2,597,000 | 2,553,000 | 2,485,067 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 2,400,300 | 2,675,300 | 3,330,300 | 3,470,300 | 3,361,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | kt | 6,605,000 | 6,677,000 | 6,672,000 | 7,022,000 | 7,331,953 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 8,722,000 | 8,841,000 | 9,066,000 | 8,875,000 | 8,809,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | kt | 2,452,030 | 2,536,674 | 2,625,900 | 2,660,900 | 2,729,100 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 7,662,000 | 7,200,000 | 7,532,000 | 8,074,186 | 8,352,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | kt | 2,276,000 | 2,287,969 | 2,338,462 | 2,320,192 | 2,221,547 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | kt | 12,033,000 | 11,725,000 | 11,531,025 | 11,621,999 | 11,824,011 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 50,200,530 | 49,055,100 | 50,106,640 | 49,368,210 | 49,534,430 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | kt | 1,154,000 | 1,240,000 | 1,910,000 | 2,412,000 | 2,604,326 |
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