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Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends in the ocean (Tonnes)

Name: Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends in the ocean (Tonnes) by country, 2021
Creator: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
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143 countries · 2021

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Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends in the ocean (Tonnes) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Philippines	1.15M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
2	China	726,819	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
3	India	543,740	South Asia	Lower middle income
4	Indonesia	438,617	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
5	Brazil	353,959	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
6	Malaysia	234,941	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
7	Viet Nam	191,061	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
8	Turkiye	153,356	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
9	Bangladesh	119,879	South Asia	Lower middle income
10	South Africa	111,799	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
11	Myanmar	111,683	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
12	Thailand	97,829	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
13	Algeria	91,575	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
14	Tanzania	88,883	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Haiti	58,845	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
16	Dominican Republic	55,594	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
17	Morocco	53,206	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
18	Uruguay	49,342	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
19	Mozambique	44,526	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
20	Tunisia	43,249	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
21	Egypt, Arab Rep.	41,213	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
22	United States	39,274	North America	High income
23	Venezuela, RB	34,660	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
24	Sri Lanka	33,979	South Asia	Upper middle income
25	Pakistan	30,671	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
26	Libya	26,865	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
27	Nicaragua	21,576	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
28	Guatemala	19,962	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
29	Mexico	19,538	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
30	Comoros	17,060	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
31	Jamaica	16,747	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
32	Japan	15,894	East Asia & Pacific	High income
33	Argentina	15,596	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
34	Trinidad and Tobago	14,927	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
35	Russian Federation	14,862	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Ukraine	14,103	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
37	Albania	11,841	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
38	Solomon Islands	11,587	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
39	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	11,053	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
40	Nigeria	10,980	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
41	El Salvador	10,105	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
42	Papua New Guinea	8,880	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
43	Greece	8,266	Europe & Central Asia	High income
44	Peru	8,249	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
45	Kenya	7,888	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
46	Colombia	7,325	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
47	Lebanon	7,013	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
48	Timor-Leste	5,793	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
49	Panama	5,785	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
50	Hong Kong SAR, China	5,219	East Asia & Pacific	High income
51	Yemen, Rep.	4,915	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
52	Senegal	4,900	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
53	Suriname	3,707	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
54	Chile	3,676	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
55	Spain	3,390	Europe & Central Asia	High income
56	Korea, Rep.	3,344	East Asia & Pacific	High income
57	Italy	3,175	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	Guyana	3,050	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
59	Croatia	2,819	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	United Kingdom	2,427	Europe & Central Asia	High income
61	Netherlands	2,094	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	Gambia, The	1,982	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
63	Costa Rica	1,835	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
64	Madagascar	1,760	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
65	Kuwait	1,669	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
66	Australia	1,633	East Asia & Pacific	High income
67	St. Lucia	1,416	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
68	Honduras	1,411	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
69	Cabo Verde	1,341	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
70	Mauritania	1,286	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
71	Iran, Islamic Rep.	1,267	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
72	Bahamas, The	1,183	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
73	Montenegro	1,159	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
74	Romania	1,064	Europe & Central Asia	High income
75	Syrian Arab Republic	980	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
76	Fiji	968	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
77	Cote d'Ivoire	945	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
78	Cambodia	940	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
79	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	891	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
80	Israel	777	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
81	Djibouti	714	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
82	Portugal	662	Europe & Central Asia	High income
83	Benin	659	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
84	Belize	653	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
85	Brunei Darussalam	627	East Asia & Pacific	High income
86	Cameroon	616	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
87	Sudan	596	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
88	Angola	558	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
89	Samoa	508	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
90	France	498	Europe & Central Asia	High income
91	Georgia	474	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
92	New Zealand	401	East Asia & Pacific	High income
93	Puerto Rico (US)	394	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
94	Grenada	366	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
95	Dominica	364	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
96	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	363	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
97	Vanuatu	361	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
98	Germany	356	Europe & Central Asia	High income
99	Ghana	312	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
100	Eritrea	305	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
101	Barbados	304	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
102	Antigua and Barbuda	273	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
103	Sierra Leone	269	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
104	West Bank and Gaza	237	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
105	Tonga	224	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
106	Canada	223	North America	High income
107	Togo	216	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
108	Guinea-Bissau	211	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
109	Saudi Arabia	200	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
110	Equatorial Guinea	196	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
111	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	176	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
112	Ireland	170	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Congo, Rep.	149	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
114	Sweden	146	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	Maldives	115	South Asia	Upper middle income
116	Mauritius	106	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
117	Oman	103	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
118	Namibia	103	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
119	Finland	85	Europe & Central Asia	High income
120	Norway	83	Europe & Central Asia	High income
121	Poland	80	Europe & Central Asia	High income
122	Bulgaria	62	Europe & Central Asia	High income
123	Liberia	58	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
124	Malta	54	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
125	Ecuador	49	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
126	Cyprus	45	Europe & Central Asia	High income
127	Sao Tome and Principe	39	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
128	Denmark	37	Europe & Central Asia	High income
129	Palau	34	East Asia & Pacific	High income
130	St. Kitts and Nevis	34	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
131	Guinea	32	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
132	Seychelles	27	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
133	Estonia	26	Europe & Central Asia	High income
134	Latvia	25	Europe & Central Asia	High income
135	Iceland	24	Europe & Central Asia	High income
136	Kiribati	21	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
137	Qatar	20	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
138	Gabon	17	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
139	Gibraltar	17	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	Lithuania	11	Europe & Central Asia	High income
141	Belgium	9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
142	Bahrain	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
143	Congo, Dem. Rep.	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends in the ocean (Tonnes)