Asia was the world's largest consumer of paper and board in 2022, accounting for 50.7 percent of the 418.4 million metric tons of paper and board consumed globally that year. In a distant second place that year was the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) with 17.3 percent.
Distribution of paper and board consumption worldwide in 2022, by region
Based on total consumption of 418.4 million metric tons
Supplementary notes
* Members of CEPI:
The National Associations of the 18 following countries: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
** Other Europe is total Europe excluding CEPI countries.
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