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Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends in the beach (%)

· higher is better · 143 countries

United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global DatabaseUN Terms of Use — non-commercial (SDG Global Database); redistribution deferred pending clearanceupdated 2021
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League table

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  1. 1Guinea99.9
  2. 2Ecuador99.8
  3. 3Ghana99.7
  4. 4Liberia99.6
  5. 5Togo99.4
  6. 6Gabon99.3
  7. 7Cameroon99.1
  8. 8Angola99
  9. 9Sierra Leone98.9
  10. 10Congo, Rep.98.5
  11. 11Cote d'Ivoire98.5
  12. 12Guinea-Bissau98.2
  13. 13Benin98.1
  14. 14Nigeria97.9
  15. 15Qatar97.8
  16. 16Congo, Dem. Rep.97.6
  17. 17Bahrain97.2
  18. 18Sao Tome and Principe97.2
  19. 19Equatorial Guinea96.5
  20. 20Belize96.2
  21. 21Saudi Arabia95.6
  22. 22Honduras95.3
  23. 23Sudan95.2
  24. 24Eritrea95.1
  25. 25Iran, Islamic Rep.89.9
  26. 26Latvia88.8
  27. 27Kuwait88.7
  28. 28Yemen, Rep.88.3
  29. 29Gambia, The87.6
  30. 30Venezuela, RB87.4
  31. 31Colombia86.7
  32. 32Lithuania86.4
  33. 33Germany85.4
  34. 34Poland85
  35. 35Egypt, Arab Rep.84.9
  36. 36Peru83
  37. 37Guyana83
  38. 38Estonia82.9
  39. 39Hong Kong SAR, China82.5
  40. 40Djibouti82.4
  41. 41Senegal81.9
  42. 42Finland81.5
  43. 43Papua New Guinea80.8
  44. 44Namibia80.7
  45. 45West Bank and Gaza80.4
  46. 46Denmark79.1
  47. 47Sweden78.8
  48. 48China78.3
  49. 49Netherlands78.3
  50. 50Thailand78.1
  51. 51Greece78
  52. 52Syrian Arab Republic77.3
  53. 53Israel77
  54. 54Cyprus76.1
  55. 55Lebanon75.8
  56. 56Panama75.5
  57. 57Libya74.9
  58. 58Suriname74.9
  59. 59Ireland74.9
  60. 60Bangladesh74.8
  61. 61United Kingdom72.8
  62. 62Solomon Islands72.4
  63. 63Viet Nam72.3
  64. 64Somalia, Fed. Rep.72
  65. 65Costa Rica72
  66. 66Vanuatu72
  67. 67Turkiye71.9
  68. 68Oman71.6
  69. 69France71.6
  70. 70Uruguay71
  71. 71Cambodia70.4
  72. 72Trinidad and Tobago70.3
  73. 73Mauritania70
  74. 74Fiji70
  75. 75Gibraltar69.6
  76. 76Tunisia69
  77. 77Belgium68.8
  78. 78Italy68
  79. 79Myanmar67.4
  80. 80Canada66.8
  81. 81Algeria66.3
  82. 82Malta66.3
  83. 83India66
  84. 84Bulgaria65.9
  85. 85Ukraine65.4
  86. 86Norway65.3
  87. 87Pakistan65.2
  88. 88Spain65
  89. 89Mexico64.4
  90. 90Brazil64.2
  91. 91Montenegro62.9
  92. 92Australia62.8
  93. 93Albania62.6
  94. 94Romania62.5
  95. 95Mozambique62.4
  96. 96Grenada61.9
  97. 97Samoa60.8
  98. 98Comoros60
  99. 99Malaysia59.1
  100. 100Russian Federation59.1
  101. 101Haiti59.1
  102. 102Philippines58.7
  103. 103Croatia58.7
  104. 104Dominican Republic58.2
  105. 105Palau58
  106. 106Tanzania57.6
  107. 107Sri Lanka57
  108. 108St. Vincent and the Grenadines56.8
  109. 109Madagascar56.6
  110. 110Indonesia55
  111. 111Brunei Darussalam53.9
  112. 112St. Lucia53.6
  113. 113Guatemala52.5
  114. 114Timor-Leste51.3
  115. 115Dominica51.1
  116. 116Micronesia, Fed. Sts.51.1
  117. 117Tonga50.8
  118. 118Kenya50.5
  119. 119Korea, Rep.50.5
  120. 120Jamaica50.3
  121. 121Maldives50
  122. 122Barbados49.8
  123. 123Portugal49.5
  124. 124El Salvador49.1
  125. 125Georgia48
  126. 126Nicaragua47
  127. 127Korea, Dem. People's Rep.46.8
  128. 128Kiribati46.2
  129. 129Morocco45.6
  130. 130Seychelles44.9
  131. 131Cabo Verde42.6
  132. 132Puerto Rico (US)42.1
  133. 133St. Kitts and Nevis40.4
  134. 134Iceland39
  135. 135Antigua and Barbuda35.6
  136. 136Mauritius35
  137. 137Chile34.7
  138. 138United States31.1
  139. 139Argentina28.6
  140. 140South Africa22.2
  141. 141New Zealand17.5
  142. 142Japan15.6
  143. 143Bahamas, The11.2

Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends in the beach (%)