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Mismanaged plastic waste per capita

kg · higher is better · 154 countries

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League table

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  1. 1Comoros69.5
  2. 2Trinidad and Tobago52.4
  3. 3Suriname39.5
  4. 4Philippines37.2
  5. 5Zimbabwe35.8
  6. 6Guyana35.2
  7. 7Tanzania29.6
  8. 8Libya27.8
  9. 9Uruguay26.8
  10. 10Malaysia25.5
  11. 11Tunisia24.8
  12. 12Albania24.2
  13. 13Eritrea24
  14. 14Venezuela, RB23.5
  15. 15St. Lucia23.4
  16. 16Cameroon22.4
  17. 17Haiti21.1
  18. 18Turkiye19.9
  19. 19Thailand19.6
  20. 20Sudan18.3
  21. 21Dominican Republic18.1
  22. 22Algeria17.8
  23. 23Guatemala17.7
  24. 24Ghana17.1
  25. 25Nicaragua16.9
  26. 26Jamaica16.8
  27. 27Bosnia and Herzegovina16.8
  28. 28Congo, Dem. Rep.15.8
  29. 29Brazil15.6
  30. 30Burkina Faso15.6
  31. 31Belize15.4
  32. 32Togo15.1
  33. 33Dominica15
  34. 34Cambodia15
  35. 35Honduras15
  36. 36Gambia, The14.9
  37. 37Mozambique14.3
  38. 38Lesotho14.3
  39. 39Egypt, Arab Rep.14.3
  40. 40Papua New Guinea13.6
  41. 41Timor-Leste13.3
  42. 42Iraq12.5
  43. 43Jordan12.3
  44. 44Congo, Rep.12.1
  45. 45Grenada12.1
  46. 46South Africa12.1
  47. 47Sierra Leone11.7
  48. 48Guinea11.6
  49. 49Viet Nam11.5
  50. 50Cote d'Ivoire11.3
  51. 51Benin11.3
  52. 52St. Vincent and the Grenadines11.1
  53. 53Guinea-Bissau10.7
  54. 54Djibouti10.6
  55. 55Argentina10.4
  56. 56Yemen, Rep.10
  57. 57Nigeria9.7
  58. 58Sao Tome and Principe9.6
  59. 59India9.5
  60. 60Ukraine9
  61. 61Samoa8.8
  62. 62China8.6
  63. 63Panama8.6
  64. 64Namibia8.4
  65. 65Morocco8.1
  66. 66Liberia8.1
  67. 67Myanmar8
  68. 68Angola7.4
  69. 69Sri Lanka7.3
  70. 70Equatorial Guinea6.9
  71. 71Lebanon6.8
  72. 72Cabo Verde6.5
  73. 73Antigua and Barbuda6.5
  74. 74Palau6.4
  75. 75Tonga6.4
  76. 76Bangladesh6.3
  77. 77Ecuador6.3
  78. 78Pakistan6.2
  79. 79Iran, Islamic Rep.6
  80. 80Bahamas, The5.7
  81. 81Kenya5.5
  82. 82Solomon Islands5.3
  83. 83Mauritania4.6
  84. 84Fiji4.3
  85. 85Peru4.3
  86. 86Croatia4.2
  87. 87Senegal4
  88. 88Mexico3.4
  89. 89El Salvador3.4
  90. 90Indonesia3
  91. 91Barbados3
  92. 92Kazakhstan2.9
  93. 93Gabon2.8
  94. 94Romania2.7
  95. 95Russian Federation2.5
  96. 96St. Kitts and Nevis1.8
  97. 97Colombia1.7
  98. 98Chile1.6
  99. 99Brunei Darussalam1.6
  100. 100Costa Rica1.1
  101. 101Madagascar0.94
  102. 102Netherlands0.89
  103. 103United States0.81
  104. 104Hong Kong SAR, China0.78
  105. 105Israel0.71
  106. 106Cyprus0.7
  107. 107Italy0.64
  108. 108Bahrain0.64
  109. 109Canada0.63
  110. 110Kuwait0.63
  111. 111Kiribati0.63
  112. 112Germany0.61
  113. 113Malta0.59
  114. 114Ireland0.55
  115. 115Qatar0.54
  116. 116United Arab Emirates0.53
  117. 117Latvia0.5
  118. 118Finland0.47
  119. 119Estonia0.45
  120. 120Iceland0.45
  121. 121Bulgaria0.45
  122. 122United Kingdom0.44
  123. 123Puerto Rico (US)0.44
  124. 124Spain0.44
  125. 125Greece0.43
  126. 126West Bank and Gaza0.43
  127. 127France0.43
  128. 128Singapore0.43
  129. 129Sweden0.42
  130. 130Slovenia0.41
  131. 131Lithuania0.38
  132. 132Portugal0.37
  133. 133Poland0.37
  134. 134New Zealand0.36
  135. 135Seychelles0.34
  136. 136Taiwan0.32
  137. 137Slovak Republic0.32
  138. 138Japan0.28
  139. 139Norway0.28
  140. 140Marshall Islands0.27
  141. 141Oman0.25
  142. 142Korea, Rep.0.24
  143. 143Mauritius0.24
  144. 144Saudi Arabia0.21
  145. 145Australia0.21
  146. 146Belgium0.2
  147. 147Monaco0.13
  148. 148Maldives0.11
  149. 149Georgia0.08
  150. 150Denmark0.07
  151. 151Syrian Arab Republic0.03
  152. 152Montenegro0.03
  153. 153Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.01
  154. 154Somalia, Fed. Rep.0

Mismanaged plastic waste per capita