The statistic depicts global consumption of paper and cardboard from 2006 to 2015. In 2008, paper and cardboard consumption totaled 392.7 million metric tons worldwide. In 2015, the consumed amount increased to over 410 million metric tons.
Region
Worldwide
Survey time period
2006 to 2015
Supplementary notes
This statistic was assembled from several editions of this report.
VDP stands for “Verband Deutscher Papierfabriken” (Association of German Paper Factories).
