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Plastic waste emitted to the ocean per capita

kg · higher is better · 154 countries

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League table

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  1. 1Philippines3.3
  2. 2Suriname2.9
  3. 3Trinidad and Tobago2.5
  4. 4St. Lucia2.5
  5. 5Malaysia2.3
  6. 6Guyana1.6
  7. 7Panama1.2
  8. 8Grenada1.2
  9. 9Belize0.96
  10. 10Jamaica0.79
  11. 11Dominica0.74
  12. 12St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.73
  13. 13Haiti0.62
  14. 14Dominican Republic0.58
  15. 15Timor-Leste0.55
  16. 16Albania0.54
  17. 17Liberia0.53
  18. 18Sierra Leone0.46
  19. 19Sri Lanka0.45
  20. 20Cameroon0.41
  21. 21Fiji0.41
  22. 22Guatemala0.41
  23. 23Palau0.39
  24. 24Sao Tome and Principe0.36
  25. 25Papua New Guinea0.35
  26. 26Thailand0.33
  27. 27Brunei Darussalam0.31
  28. 28Equatorial Guinea0.3
  29. 29Viet Nam0.29
  30. 30Uruguay0.29
  31. 31Honduras0.25
  32. 32Nicaragua0.22
  33. 33Venezuela, RB0.21
  34. 34Indonesia0.21
  35. 35Gabon0.2
  36. 36Cote d'Ivoire0.19
  37. 37Guinea0.18
  38. 38Gambia, The0.18
  39. 39Brazil0.18
  40. 40Turkiye0.17
  41. 41Barbados0.16
  42. 42Bangladesh0.15
  43. 43Solomon Islands0.15
  44. 44Benin0.14
  45. 45Ghana0.14
  46. 46Algeria0.13
  47. 47Libya0.13
  48. 48Guinea-Bissau0.13
  49. 49Congo, Rep.0.13
  50. 50El Salvador0.13
  51. 51Lebanon0.1
  52. 52Tanzania0.1
  53. 53Nigeria0.09
  54. 54India0.09
  55. 55Argentina0.09
  56. 56Costa Rica0.09
  57. 57Mozambique0.08
  58. 58South Africa0.07
  59. 59Cambodia0.07
  60. 60Ecuador0.07
  61. 61Tunisia0.06
  62. 62Croatia0.05
  63. 63Togo0.05
  64. 64Bahamas, The0.05
  65. 65Morocco0.05
  66. 66China0.05
  67. 67Myanmar0.05
  68. 68Madagascar0.03
  69. 69Singapore0.03
  70. 70Mauritania0.03
  71. 71Mexico0.03
  72. 72Angola0.03
  73. 73Egypt, Arab Rep.0.02
  74. 74Puerto Rico (US)0.02
  75. 75West Bank and Gaza0.02
  76. 76Ireland0.02
  77. 77Taiwan0.02
  78. 78Greece0.02
  79. 79Antigua and Barbuda0.02
  80. 80Ukraine0.02
  81. 81St. Kitts and Nevis0.02
  82. 82Chile0.02
  83. 83Netherlands0.02
  84. 84Hong Kong SAR, China0.02
  85. 85Japan0.01
  86. 86New Zealand0.01
  87. 87Eritrea0.01
  88. 88Iran, Islamic Rep.0.01
  89. 89United Kingdom0.01
  90. 90Senegal0.01
  91. 91Estonia0.01
  92. 92Yemen, Rep.0.01
  93. 93Colombia0.01
  94. 94Peru0.01
  95. 95Korea, Rep.0.01
  96. 96Portugal0.01
  97. 97United States0.01
  98. 98Italy0.01
  99. 99Canada0.01
  100. 100Slovenia0.01
  101. 101Spain0.01
  102. 102Kenya0
  103. 103Congo, Dem. Rep.0
  104. 104Latvia0
  105. 105Romania0
  106. 106Djibouti0
  107. 107Pakistan0
  108. 108Israel0
  109. 109Russian Federation0
  110. 110France0
  111. 111Sweden0
  112. 112Belgium0
  113. 113Syrian Arab Republic0
  114. 114Lithuania0
  115. 115Cyprus0
  116. 116Sudan0
  117. 117Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0
  118. 118Bosnia and Herzegovina0
  119. 119Iraq0
  120. 120Kuwait0
  121. 121Germany0
  122. 122Denmark0
  123. 123United Arab Emirates0
  124. 124Australia0
  125. 125Bulgaria0
  126. 126Namibia0
  127. 127Poland0
  128. 128Georgia0
  129. 129Kazakhstan0
  130. 130Oman0
  131. 131Somalia, Fed. Rep.0
  132. 132Jordan0
  133. 133Saudi Arabia0
  134. 134Malta0
  135. 134Slovak Republic0
  136. 134Burkina Faso0
  137. 134Qatar0
  138. 134Tonga0
  139. 134Bahrain0
  140. 134Norway0
  141. 134Mauritius0
  142. 134Montenegro0
  143. 134Seychelles0
  144. 134Marshall Islands0
  145. 134Maldives0
  146. 134Monaco0
  147. 134Lesotho0
  148. 134Kiribati0
  149. 134Iceland0
  150. 134Samoa0
  151. 134Comoros0
  152. 134Cabo Verde0
  153. 134Zimbabwe0
  154. 134Finland0

Plastic waste emitted to the ocean per capita