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League table

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  1. 1Gibraltar0.91
  2. 2Monaco1.5
  3. 3San Marino4.7
  4. 4Liechtenstein4.7
  5. 5Naoero5.8
  6. 6Bermuda7.9
  7. 7Isle of Man8.7
  8. 8Andorra11.6
  9. 9Faroe Islands14
  10. 10Sint Maarten (Dutch part)21.2
  11. 11Turks and Caicos Islands23.8
  12. 12British Virgin Islands23.8
  13. 13Macao SAR, China25.2
  14. 14Northern Mariana Islands27.2
  15. 15Iceland31
  16. 16Cayman Islands31.6
  17. 17Malta33.7
  18. 18Guam41.1
  19. 19St. Kitts and Nevis43
  20. 20Bahrain54.7
  21. 21French Polynesia55.5
  22. 22St. Martin (French part)62.8
  23. 23Aruba67.7
  24. 24Luxembourg69.1
  25. 25Antigua and Barbuda71.4
  26. 26Brunei Darussalam77.3
  27. 27Virgin Islands (U.S.)77.7
  28. 28New Caledonia99.5
  29. 29Cyprus105.8
  30. 30Tuvalu111.5
  31. 31Curacao111.9
  32. 32Seychelles121.3
  33. 33Barbados138.2
  34. 34Greenland141.8
  35. 35Qatar171
  36. 36Singapore175.1
  37. 37Palau194.9
  38. 38Estonia223.7
  39. 39Bahamas, The236.9
  40. 40American Samoa238.4
  41. 41Kuwait273
  42. 42Hong Kong SAR, China340.6
  43. 43Marshall Islands465.5
  44. 44New Zealand518.1
  45. 45Slovenia524.9
  46. 46Norway526.6
  47. 47Israel604.9
  48. 48Denmark606.4
  49. 49St. Vincent and the Grenadines606.6
  50. 50Ireland658.8
  51. 51Finland663.3
  52. 52Grenada694
  53. 53Switzerland730.8
  54. 54Dominica797.7
  55. 55Croatia900.7
  56. 56United Arab Emirates918.2
  57. 57Sweden918.4
  58. 58Latvia956.5
  59. 59Uruguay960.5
  60. 60Slovak Republic1,086.7
  61. 61Tonga1,123
  62. 62Netherlands1,156
  63. 63Belgium1,167.3
  64. 64Portugal1,180.9
  65. 65St. Lucia1,185.5
  66. 66Austria1,239
  67. 67Kiribati1,354.2
  68. 68Micronesia, Fed. Sts.1,360.8
  69. 69Lithuania1,392.9
  70. 70Taiwan1,398.4
  71. 71Czechia1,549.3
  72. 72Puerto Rico (US)1,908.8
  73. 73Greece1,908.8
  74. 74Australia2,197.9
  75. 75Mauritius2,543.6
  76. 76Samoa2,613.1
  77. 77Hungary2,706.6
  78. 78Korea, Rep.2,856.7
  79. 79Oman3,019.3
  80. 80Canada3,023.7
  81. 81Saudi Arabia3,444
  82. 82Sao Tome and Principe3,680.9
  83. 83Suriname4,199.3
  84. 84United Kingdom4,622.4
  85. 85Cabo Verde5,693.1
  86. 86Bhutan5,694.5
  87. 87Montenegro5,762.3
  88. 88Fiji6,181.6
  89. 89Japan6,185
  90. 90Vanuatu6,209.5
  91. 91Spain6,241.3
  92. 92Guyana6,907.3
  93. 93Trinidad and Tobago6,962.3
  94. 94Belize6,972.1
  95. 95Maldives7,014.7
  96. 96Poland7,078.6
  97. 97Italy7,684.3
  98. 98Germany7,725.1
  99. 99Gabon7,838
  100. 100France8,831.9
  101. 101Solomon Islands8,955.8
  102. 102Chile11,282.8
  103. 103Comoros11,306
  104. 104Armenia15,871.8
  105. 105North Macedonia16,312.3
  106. 106Moldova17,711.8
  107. 107Timor-Leste18,139.4
  108. 108Djibouti19,978
  109. 109Eswatini20,084.1
  110. 110Guinea-Bissau22,175.3
  111. 111Albania22,259
  112. 112Jamaica23,652.6
  113. 113Costa Rica24,189.7
  114. 114Georgia27,949.6
  115. 115West Bank and Gaza28,427.5
  116. 116Gambia, The29,142.1
  117. 117Botswana32,271.8
  118. 118Mongolia32,468.8
  119. 119Equatorial Guinea33,100.7
  120. 120Bosnia and Herzegovina33,422.5
  121. 121Namibia36,895.8
  122. 122Libya40,313.1
  123. 123Panama41,212.6
  124. 124Lebanon43,520.2
  125. 125Eritrea43,718.7
  126. 126Lesotho44,823
  127. 127United States47,649
  128. 128Cuba48,447.4
  129. 129Bulgaria50,611.8
  130. 130Central African Republic50,706.1
  131. 131Belarus55,702.9
  132. 132Sierra Leone59,935.9
  133. 133Liberia60,755
  134. 134Turkmenistan70,966.3
  135. 135Dominican Republic79,382.4
  136. 136Bolivia79,523.2
  137. 137Congo, Rep.79,951.1
  138. 138Mauritania83,748.6
  139. 139Guinea85,917.9
  140. 140Ecuador88,459.7
  141. 141El Salvador89,809.4
  142. 142Azerbaijan90,491.4
  143. 143Nicaragua99,107.9
  144. 144Togo99,107.9
  145. 145Kyrgyz Republic118,570
  146. 146Niger122,201.4
  147. 147Jordan124,391
  148. 148Serbia126,142.7
  149. 149Honduras126,403.2
  150. 150Lao PDR127,090.2
  151. 151Papua New Guinea129,684.2
  152. 152Tunisia129,722.9
  153. 153Romania141,943.8
  154. 154Burundi145,231.4
  155. 155Colombia153,451.3
  156. 156Paraguay154,546.8
  157. 157Tajikistan156,027.6
  158. 158Zimbabwe162,871.4
  159. 159Benin168,522.4
  160. 160Malawi171,474.3
  161. 161Burkina Faso185,330.7
  162. 162Madagascar190,784.2
  163. 163Malaysia197,552.4
  164. 164Rwanda201,068.5
  165. 165Mali205,639.2
  166. 166Chad211,832.5
  167. 167Senegal214,610
  168. 168Zambia215,138.8
  169. 169South Sudan215,243
  170. 170Somalia, Fed. Rep.225,304.8
  171. 171Haiti229,492.7
  172. 172Kazakhstan238,988.3
  173. 173Nepal238,988.6
  174. 174Venezuela, RB249,863.7
  175. 175Guatemala263,614.2
  176. 176Peru270,768.7
  177. 177Sri Lanka273,779
  178. 178Mozambique323,380
  179. 179Yemen, Rep.327,238.6
  180. 180Syrian Arab Republic328,329.2
  181. 181Korea, Dem. People's Rep.344,632.7
  182. 182Argentina350,879.6
  183. 183Algeria379,622.3
  184. 184Morocco385,557.9
  185. 185Ghana385,727.3
  186. 186Cote d'Ivoire394,833.6
  187. 187Uzbekistan395,210.8
  188. 188Cambodia413,564
  189. 189Ukraine417,655.4
  190. 190Cameroon432,957.4
  191. 191Afghanistan457,234.1
  192. 192Turkiye486,397.8
  193. 193Sudan529,960.8
  194. 194Angola550,440.8
  195. 195Iran, Islamic Rep.560,725.4
  196. 196Kenya602,474.5
  197. 197South Africa609,756.6
  198. 198Uganda617,565.2
  199. 199Ethiopia651,876.5
  200. 200Myanmar725,433.2
  201. 201Viet Nam754,958.9
  202. 202Mexico767,446.5
  203. 203Tanzania778,932.5
  204. 204Iraq799,891.1
  205. 205Egypt, Arab Rep.807,596.3
  206. 206Philippines819,842.6
  207. 207Congo, Dem. Rep.963,327.8
  208. 208Thailand995,718.5
  209. 209Brazil1.44M
  210. 210Russian Federation1.7M
  211. 211Bangladesh1.75M
  212. 212Pakistan2.57M
  213. 213China2.81M
  214. 214Indonesia3.35M
  215. 215Nigeria3.53M
  216. 216India9.28M

Total plastic pollution