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Per capita plastic waste

kg · higher is better · 167 countries

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  1. 1Kuwait0.69
  2. 2Antigua and Barbuda0.66
  3. 3St. Kitts and Nevis0.65
  4. 4Guyana0.59
  5. 5Barbados0.57
  6. 6St. Lucia0.52
  7. 7Germany0.49
  8. 8Ireland0.43
  9. 9Netherlands0.42
  10. 10Hong Kong SAR, China0.4
  11. 11Bahamas, The0.39
  12. 12Macao SAR, China0.37
  13. 13Seychelles0.36
  14. 14Sri Lanka0.36
  15. 15United States0.34
  16. 16New Zealand0.33
  17. 17Grenada0.33
  18. 18Maldives0.32
  19. 19Israel0.3
  20. 20Vanuatu0.3
  21. 21Iceland0.28
  22. 22Guatemala0.28
  23. 22Norway0.28
  24. 23Spain0.28
  25. 24Portugal0.27
  26. 25Costa Rica0.26
  27. 26Puerto Rico (US)0.25
  28. 26Aruba0.25
  29. 26Bermuda0.25
  30. 26Curacao0.25
  31. 26Cayman Islands0.25
  32. 26Faroe Islands0.25
  33. 26Gibraltar0.25
  34. 26Greenland0.25
  35. 26Guam0.25
  36. 26Croatia0.25
  37. 26Monaco0.25
  38. 26Northern Mariana Islands0.25
  39. 26New Caledonia0.25
  40. 26French Polynesia0.25
  41. 26Sint Maarten (Dutch part)0.25
  42. 26Turks and Caicos Islands0.25
  43. 26Taiwan0.25
  44. 26Uruguay0.25
  45. 26Venezuela, RB0.25
  46. 26British Virgin Islands0.25
  47. 27Cyprus0.25
  48. 28South Africa0.24
  49. 29Finland0.23
  50. 30Mauritius0.23
  51. 31Tonga0.22
  52. 32St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.22
  53. 33United Kingdom0.22
  54. 34Malta0.21
  55. 35Turkiye0.21
  56. 36Comoros0.2
  57. 37Greece0.2
  58. 38United Arab Emirates0.2
  59. 39Malaysia0.2
  60. 40Singapore0.19
  61. 41Marshall Islands0.19
  62. 41France0.19
  63. 42Honduras0.19
  64. 42Fiji0.19
  65. 43Argentina0.18
  66. 44Syrian Arab Republic0.18
  67. 44Egypt, Arab Rep.0.18
  68. 45Estonia0.18
  69. 46Belize0.17
  70. 47Japan0.17
  71. 48Brazil0.17
  72. 49Suriname0.16
  73. 50Qatar0.16
  74. 51Saudi Arabia0.16
  75. 52Bulgaria0.15
  76. 53Dominica0.15
  77. 54Ecuador0.15
  78. 54El Salvador0.15
  79. 55Panama0.15
  80. 55Slovenia0.15
  81. 56Jordan0.14
  82. 56Libya0.14
  83. 56Bosnia and Herzegovina0.14
  84. 56Iran, Islamic Rep.0.14
  85. 56Montenegro0.14
  86. 56Namibia0.14
  87. 56Algeria0.14
  88. 56Naoero0.14
  89. 56Peru0.14
  90. 56Palau0.14
  91. 56Dominican Republic0.14
  92. 56Colombia0.14
  93. 56Equatorial Guinea0.14
  94. 56Thailand0.14
  95. 56Tunisia0.14
  96. 56Tuvalu0.14
  97. 57Nicaragua0.14
  98. 58Italy0.13
  99. 59Bahrain0.13
  100. 59Lithuania0.13
  101. 60Latvia0.12
  102. 61China0.12
  103. 62Chile0.12
  104. 63Russian Federation0.11
  105. 63Korea, Rep.0.11
  106. 63Australia0.11
  107. 64Iraq0.1
  108. 64Cote d'Ivoire0.1
  109. 64Yemen, Rep.0.1
  110. 64Djibouti0.1
  111. 64Papua New Guinea0.1
  112. 64Viet Nam0.1
  113. 64Sao Tome and Principe0.1
  114. 64Sudan0.1
  115. 64Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0.1
  116. 64Solomon Islands0.1
  117. 64Samoa0.1
  118. 64Nigeria0.1
  119. 64Senegal0.1
  120. 64Pakistan0.1
  121. 64Kiribati0.1
  122. 64Ukraine0.1
  123. 65Poland0.1
  124. 66Lebanon0.09
  125. 67Canada0.09
  126. 68Haiti0.09
  127. 69Cuba0.09
  128. 70Mexico0.09
  129. 71Oman0.08
  130. 71Liberia0.08
  131. 72Belgium0.08
  132. 73Philippines0.08
  133. 73Myanmar0.08
  134. 74Morocco0.07
  135. 75Congo, Rep.0.07
  136. 75Albania0.07
  137. 76Georgia0.07
  138. 77Cambodia0.07
  139. 78Cabo Verde0.07
  140. 79West Bank and Gaza0.06
  141. 80Angola0.06
  142. 81Togo0.06
  143. 81Indonesia0.06
  144. 82Gabon0.05
  145. 82Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.05
  146. 82Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.05
  147. 82Guinea-Bissau0.05
  148. 83Sweden0.05
  149. 83Gambia, The0.05
  150. 84Denmark0.05
  151. 85Cameroon0.05
  152. 86Mauritania0.05
  153. 86Congo, Dem. Rep.0.05
  154. 86Eritrea0.05
  155. 87Benin0.04
  156. 88Romania0.04
  157. 89Sierra Leone0.04
  158. 90Ghana0.04
  159. 91Jamaica0.03
  160. 91Bangladesh0.03
  161. 92Guinea0.03
  162. 93Kenya0.03
  163. 94Brunei Darussalam0.03
  164. 95Tanzania0.02
  165. 96Madagascar0.02
  166. 97Mozambique0.02
  167. 98India0.01

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