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Plastic waste generation (tonnes, total)

tonnes per year · higher is better · 167 countries

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League table

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  1. 1China59.08M
  2. 2United States37.83M
  3. 3Germany14.48M
  4. 4Brazil11.85M
  5. 5Japan7.99M
  6. 6Pakistan6.41M
  7. 7Nigeria5.96M
  8. 8Russian Federation5.84M
  9. 9Turkiye5.6M
  10. 10Egypt, Arab Rep.5.46M
  11. 11Indonesia5.05M
  12. 12United Kingdom4.93M
  13. 13Spain4.71M
  14. 14France4.56M
  15. 15India4.49M
  16. 16South Africa4.47M
  17. 17Iran, Islamic Rep.3.92M
  18. 18Mexico3.73M
  19. 19Thailand3.53M
  20. 20Viet Nam3.27M
  21. 21Italy2.9M
  22. 22Argentina2.75M
  23. 23Venezuela, RB2.67M
  24. 24Sri Lanka2.62M
  25. 25Netherlands2.57M
  26. 26Philippines2.57M
  27. 27Colombia2.41M
  28. 28Malaysia2.03M
  29. 29Korea, Rep.2.03M
  30. 30Algeria1.9M
  31. 31Bangladesh1.89M
  32. 32Trinidad and Tobago1.75M
  33. 33Ukraine1.72M
  34. 34Saudi Arabia1.56M
  35. 35Peru1.54M
  36. 36Guatemala1.5M
  37. 37Myanmar1.37M
  38. 38Syrian Arab Republic1.37M
  39. 39Poland1.35M
  40. 40Sudan1.29M
  41. 41Iraq1.16M
  42. 42Canada1.15M
  43. 43Congo, Dem. Rep.1.06M
  44. 44Portugal1.02M
  45. 45Hong Kong SAR, China1.02M
  46. 46Australia900,658
  47. 47Yemen, Rep.887,497
  48. 48Morocco863,555
  49. 49Israel826,436
  50. 50Greece811,858
  51. 51Ecuador801,321
  52. 52Cote d'Ivoire766,988
  53. 53Kuwait750,690
  54. 54Chile738,106
  55. 55Ireland715,716
  56. 56United Arab Emirates600,741
  57. 57Honduras565,317
  58. 58Tunisia559,235
  59. 59Angola528,843
  60. 60New Zealand525,630
  61. 61Dominican Republic520,238
  62. 62Norway499,682
  63. 63Senegal485,586
  64. 64Korea, Dem. People's Rep.484,700
  65. 65Finland458,084
  66. 66Costa Rica428,029
  67. 67Bulgaria415,707
  68. 68Kenya407,506
  69. 69Croatia406,347
  70. 70Tanzania386,998
  71. 71Jordan377,506
  72. 72Cuba368,154
  73. 73Singapore359,483
  74. 74Ghana357,877
  75. 75Cambodia344,698
  76. 76Puerto Rico (US)342,306
  77. 77Cameroon335,305
  78. 78El Salvador330,763
  79. 79Haiti328,487
  80. 80Libya324,250
  81. 81Belgium318,151
  82. 82Romania310,385
  83. 83Uruguay310,379
  84. 84Nicaragua299,480
  85. 85Papua New Guinea267,234
  86. 86Somalia, Fed. Rep.237,569
  87. 87Bosnia and Herzegovina195,633
  88. 88Panama192,818
  89. 89Sweden164,305
  90. 90Guyana159,681
  91. 91Lithuania149,227
  92. 92Lebanon148,807
  93. 93Benin144,382
  94. 94Togo135,294
  95. 95Mozambique132,612
  96. 96Madagascar123,526
  97. 97Liberia121,050
  98. 98Guinea118,196
  99. 99Namibia114,222
  100. 100Congo, Rep.110,479
  101. 101Slovenia108,421
  102. 102Mauritius104,971
  103. 103Qatar103,933
  104. 104Cyprus100,713
  105. 105Georgia97,443
  106. 106Sierra Leone96,655
  107. 107Denmark95,171
  108. 108Latvia94,935
  109. 109Oman93,251
  110. 110West Bank and Gaza87,636
  111. 111Estonia85,534
  112. 112Albania73,364
  113. 113Macao SAR, China72,126
  114. 114Eritrea72,120
  115. 115Bahrain59,785
  116. 116Fiji59,324
  117. 117Mauritania59,287
  118. 118Barbados58,164
  119. 119Bahamas, The51,364
  120. 120Comoros50,599
  121. 121Equatorial Guinea49,990
  122. 122Maldives43,134
  123. 123Jamaica34,962
  124. 124St. Lucia32,882
  125. 125Iceland32,620
  126. 126Montenegro32,557
  127. 127Malta32,377
  128. 128Gabon32,329
  129. 129Djibouti31,999
  130. 130Suriname31,300
  131. 131Guinea-Bissau30,666
  132. 132Gambia, The29,646
  133. 133Vanuatu25,443
  134. 134French Polynesia24,634
  135. 135New Caledonia22,995
  136. 136Antigua and Barbuda22,804
  137. 137Belize20,191
  138. 138Solomon Islands19,842
  139. 139Guam14,666
  140. 140Curacao13,678
  141. 141Grenada12,417
  142. 142St. Kitts and Nevis12,280
  143. 143Cabo Verde11,919
  144. 144Seychelles11,730
  145. 145Aruba9,352
  146. 146St. Vincent and the Grenadines8,818
  147. 147Tonga8,476
  148. 148Samoa7,000
  149. 149Sao Tome and Principe6,571
  150. 150Bermuda5,990
  151. 151Greenland5,234
  152. 152Cayman Islands5,106
  153. 153Northern Mariana Islands5,006
  154. 154Faroe Islands4,466
  155. 155Micronesia, Fed. Sts.3,895
  156. 156Dominica3,885
  157. 157Kiribati3,859
  158. 158Brunei Darussalam3,688
  159. 159Marshall Islands3,674
  160. 160Monaco3,412
  161. 161Sint Maarten (Dutch part)3,263
  162. 162Gibraltar3,053
  163. 163Turks and Caicos Islands2,851
  164. 164British Virgin Islands2,504
  165. 165Palau1,076
  166. 166Tuvalu554
  167. 167Naoero527

Plastic waste generation (tonnes, total)