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Per capita plastic waste

kg · higher is better · 168 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2010
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League table

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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. 21Trinidad and Tobago0.29
  22. 22Iceland0.28
  23. 23Guatemala0.28
  24. 23Norway0.28
  25. 24Spain0.28
  26. 25Portugal0.27
  27. 26Costa Rica0.26
  28. 27Croatia0.25
  29. 27Bermuda0.25
  30. 27French Polynesia0.25
  31. 27Puerto Rico (US)0.25
  32. 27New Caledonia0.25
  33. 27British Virgin Islands0.25
  34. 27Venezuela, RB0.25
  35. 27Sint Maarten (Dutch part)0.25
  36. 27Curacao0.25
  37. 27Cayman Islands0.25
  38. 27Northern Mariana Islands0.25
  39. 27Aruba0.25
  40. 27Monaco0.25
  41. 27Faroe Islands0.25
  42. 27Uruguay0.25
  43. 27Taiwan0.25
  44. 27Gibraltar0.25
  45. 27Turks and Caicos Islands0.25
  46. 27Greenland0.25
  47. 27Guam0.25
  48. 28Cyprus0.25
  49. 29South Africa0.24
  50. 30Finland0.23
  51. 31Mauritius0.23
  52. 32Tonga0.22
  53. 33St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.22
  54. 34United Kingdom0.22
  55. 35Malta0.21
  56. 36Turkiye0.21
  57. 37Comoros0.2
  58. 38Greece0.2
  59. 39United Arab Emirates0.2
  60. 40Malaysia0.2
  61. 41Singapore0.19
  62. 42France0.19
  63. 42Marshall Islands0.19
  64. 43Fiji0.19
  65. 43Honduras0.19
  66. 44Argentina0.18
  67. 45Syrian Arab Republic0.18
  68. 45Egypt, Arab Rep.0.18
  69. 46Estonia0.18
  70. 47Belize0.17
  71. 48Japan0.17
  72. 49Brazil0.17
  73. 50Suriname0.16
  74. 51Qatar0.16
  75. 52Saudi Arabia0.16
  76. 53Bulgaria0.15
  77. 54Dominica0.15
  78. 55Ecuador0.15
  79. 55El Salvador0.15
  80. 56Slovenia0.15
  81. 56Panama0.15
  82. 57Colombia0.14
  83. 57Iran, Islamic Rep.0.14
  84. 57Equatorial Guinea0.14
  85. 57Thailand0.14
  86. 57Jordan0.14
  87. 57Tunisia0.14
  88. 57Tuvalu0.14
  89. 57Bosnia and Herzegovina0.14
  90. 57Palau0.14
  91. 57Peru0.14
  92. 57Libya0.14
  93. 57Naoero0.14
  94. 57Algeria0.14
  95. 57Dominican Republic0.14
  96. 57Namibia0.14
  97. 57Montenegro0.14
  98. 58Nicaragua0.14
  99. 59Italy0.13
  100. 60Lithuania0.13
  101. 60Bahrain0.13
  102. 61Latvia0.12
  103. 62China0.12
  104. 63Chile0.12
  105. 64Australia0.11
  106. 64Korea, Rep.0.11
  107. 64Russian Federation0.11
  108. 65Sao Tome and Principe0.1
  109. 65Sudan0.1
  110. 65Viet Nam0.1
  111. 65Nigeria0.1
  112. 65Djibouti0.1
  113. 65Cote d'Ivoire0.1
  114. 65Samoa0.1
  115. 65Senegal0.1
  116. 65Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0.1
  117. 65Yemen, Rep.0.1
  118. 65Pakistan0.1
  119. 65Ukraine0.1
  120. 65Iraq0.1
  121. 65Kiribati0.1
  122. 65Solomon Islands0.1
  123. 65Papua New Guinea0.1
  124. 66Poland0.1
  125. 67Lebanon0.09
  126. 68Canada0.09
  127. 69Haiti0.09
  128. 70Cuba0.09
  129. 71Mexico0.09
  130. 72Liberia0.08
  131. 72Oman0.08
  132. 73Belgium0.08
  133. 74Philippines0.08
  134. 74Myanmar0.08
  135. 75Morocco0.07
  136. 76Albania0.07
  137. 76Congo, Rep.0.07
  138. 77Georgia0.07
  139. 78Cambodia0.07
  140. 79Cabo Verde0.07
  141. 80West Bank and Gaza0.06
  142. 81Angola0.06
  143. 82Indonesia0.06
  144. 82Togo0.06
  145. 83Guinea-Bissau0.05
  146. 83Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.05
  147. 83Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.05
  148. 83Gabon0.05
  149. 84Gambia, The0.05
  150. 84Sweden0.05
  151. 85Denmark0.05
  152. 86Cameroon0.05
  153. 87Congo, Dem. Rep.0.05
  154. 87Eritrea0.05
  155. 87Mauritania0.05
  156. 88Benin0.04
  157. 89Romania0.04
  158. 90Sierra Leone0.04
  159. 91Ghana0.04
  160. 92Bangladesh0.03
  161. 92Jamaica0.03
  162. 93Guinea0.03
  163. 94Kenya0.03
  164. 95Brunei Darussalam0.03
  165. 96Tanzania0.02
  166. 97Madagascar0.02
  167. 98Mozambique0.02
  168. 99India0.01

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