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Plastic pollution entering the ocean through rivers

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  1. 1Comoros0
  2. 1Zimbabwe0
  3. 1Marshall Islands0
  4. 1Monaco0
  5. 1Malta0
  6. 1St. Martin (French part)0
  7. 1Lesotho0
  8. 1Samoa0
  9. 1Burkina Faso0
  10. 1Montenegro0
  11. 1Mauritius0
  12. 1Bahrain0
  13. 1Kiribati0
  14. 1Norway0
  15. 1Maldives0
  16. 1Tonga0
  17. 1Iceland0
  18. 1Qatar0
  19. 1Finland0
  20. 1Slovak Republic0
  21. 1Cabo Verde0
  22. 1Seychelles0
  23. 1Sint Maarten (Dutch part)0
  24. 2Oman1
  25. 2Jordan1
  26. 2St. Kitts and Nevis1
  27. 3Antigua and Barbuda2
  28. 3Somalia, Fed. Rep.2
  29. 3Namibia2
  30. 4Georgia3
  31. 4Cyprus3
  32. 4Saudi Arabia3
  33. 5Djibouti4
  34. 6Bosnia and Herzegovina6
  35. 7Palau7
  36. 7Kuwait7
  37. 7Bulgaria7
  38. 7Lithuania7
  39. 8Denmark9
  40. 8Latvia9
  41. 9Slovenia11
  42. 10Estonia12
  43. 11Kazakhstan13
  44. 12United Arab Emirates14
  45. 13Bahamas, The20
  46. 14Poland29
  47. 15Australia32
  48. 16Israel33
  49. 17Belgium34
  50. 18Sweden36
  51. 19Micronesia, Fed. Sts.37
  52. 20Syrian Arab Republic44
  53. 21Barbados45
  54. 22Eritrea48
  55. 23Korea, Dem. People's Rep.50
  56. 24Dominica53
  57. 25Iraq67
  58. 26New Zealand68
  59. 27Puerto Rico (US)71
  60. 28Portugal76
  61. 29Sao Tome and Principe77
  62. 30Romania80
  63. 31St. Vincent and the Grenadines81
  64. 32Solomon Islands100
  65. 33Sudan106
  66. 34Hong Kong SAR, China112
  67. 35Ireland115
  68. 36West Bank and Gaza118
  69. 37Mauritania127
  70. 38Grenada130
  71. 39Brunei Darussalam134
  72. 39Germany134
  73. 40Singapore164
  74. 41Senegal169
  75. 42Greece216
  76. 43Croatia224
  77. 44France235
  78. 44Spain235
  79. 45Canada238
  80. 46Guinea-Bissau247
  81. 47Yemen, Rep.252
  82. 48Peru259
  83. 48Kenya259
  84. 49Netherlands271
  85. 50Chile322
  86. 51Macao SAR, China341
  87. 52Fiji365
  88. 53Belize374
  89. 54Korea, Rep.387
  90. 55Equatorial Guinea405
  91. 56Italy414
  92. 57Congo, Dem. Rep.420
  93. 58Gambia, The421
  94. 59Colombia431
  95. 60Togo436
  96. 61Gabon445
  97. 62St. Lucia449
  98. 63Costa Rica450
  99. 64Taiwan531
  100. 65Russian Federation542
  101. 66Congo, Rep.676
  102. 67Lebanon684
  103. 68Tunisia688
  104. 69United Kingdom703
  105. 70Timor-Leste715
  106. 71Madagascar775
  107. 72El Salvador808
  108. 73Ukraine859
  109. 74Angola860
  110. 75Pakistan873
  111. 76Libya879
  112. 77Iran, Islamic Rep.928
  113. 78Uruguay998
  114. 79Cambodia1,113
  115. 80Ecuador1,136
  116. 81Guyana1,246
  117. 82Nicaragua1,465
  118. 83Albania1,565
  119. 84Benin1,639
  120. 85Suriname1,677
  121. 86Morocco1,800
  122. 87Japan1,835
  123. 88Jamaica2,334
  124. 89Guinea2,347
  125. 90United States2,431
  126. 91Honduras2,436
  127. 92Egypt, Arab Rep.2,471
  128. 93Mozambique2,544
  129. 93Myanmar2,544
  130. 94Liberia2,638
  131. 95Papua New Guinea3,059
  132. 96Mexico3,512
  133. 97Trinidad and Tobago3,557
  134. 98Sierra Leone3,624
  135. 99Argentina4,137
  136. 100Ghana4,185
  137. 101South Africa4,266
  138. 102Cote d'Ivoire4,784
  139. 103Panama5,237
  140. 104Algeria5,774
  141. 105Tanzania5,785
  142. 106Venezuela, RB5,988
  143. 107Dominican Republic6,276
  144. 108Haiti6,929
  145. 109Guatemala7,142
  146. 110Sri Lanka9,654
  147. 111Cameroon10,671
  148. 112Turkiye14,329
  149. 113Nigeria18,640
  150. 114Thailand22,806
  151. 115Bangladesh24,640
  152. 116Viet Nam28,221
  153. 117Brazil37,799
  154. 118Indonesia56,333
  155. 119China70,707
  156. 120Malaysia73,098
  157. 121India126,513
  158. 122Philippines356,371

Plastic pollution entering the ocean through rivers