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Beach litter items per unit of surface area (Number of items per 100 square meters)

Name: Beach litter items per unit of surface area (Number of items per 100 square meters)
Creator: United Nations SDG Global Database
Keywords: trend-research-200, un-sdg, environment-water-forests-biodiversity, beach, litter, items, unit, surface, area, number

Compare beach litter items per unit of surface area (number of items per 100 square meters) across 78 countries using official UN SDG Global Database observations for 2024.

Source: United Nations SDG Global Database•78 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

2,423.3items per 100 m²

Median: 10.0items per 100 m²

Countries Covered

with available data

Highest

Cameroon

185,292.0items per 100 m²

Lowest

Tunisia

0.0items per 100 m²

Top 5 Countries

1Cameroon185,292.0items per 100 m²

2Pakistan1,275.0items per 100 m²

3Dominican Republic266.0items per 100 m²

4Egypt256.0items per 100 m²

5Philippines245.0items per 100 m²

By Region

Other5,826.6items per 100 m²(32 countries)

Africa121.3items per 100 m²(3 countries)

Asia116.7items per 100 m²(16 countries)

South America19.7items per 100 m²(6 countries)

North America19.5items per 100 m²(4 countries)

Key Findings

•78 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
•Cameroon has the highest published value (185292 items per 100 m²).
•Iceland has the lowest published value (0 items per 100 m²).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0items per 100 m²)High (185,292.0items per 100 m²)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 2,423.3items per 100 m²)

Other (32)

Africa (3)

Asia (16)

South America (6)

North America (4)

Oceania (2)

Europe (15)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Beach litter items per unit of surface area (Number of items per 100 square meters).

Values use UN SDG series EN_MAR_BEALIT_PUSA, release 2026.Q2.G.01, one fixed 2024 reference year, unit Number of items per 100 square meters, and the fixed selection Reporting Type: Global. Aggregates, missing/non-finite values, other dimensions, other attributes, and non-ISO geographies are excluded; MapTheory does not impute missing countries.

Methodology

UN SDG series EN_MAR_BEALIT_PUSA; year 2024; unit NUM_ITEMS_PER_100M2; dimensions {"Reporting Type": "G"}; attributes {"Nature": "E", "Units": "NUM_ITEMS_PER_100M2"} Official UN SDG metadata for indicator 14.1.1.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Cameroon	185,292.0items per 100 m²
2	Pakistan	1,275.0items per 100 m²
3	Dominican Republic	266.0items per 100 m²
4	Egypt	256.0items per 100 m²
5	Philippines	245.0items per 100 m²
6	Venezuela	197.0items per 100 m²
7	Vanuatu	93.0items per 100 m²
8	Vietnam	90.0items per 100 m²
9	Nigeria	89.0items per 100 m²
10	Azerbaijan	77.0items per 100 m²
11	Cambodia	76.0items per 100 m²
12	Chile	69.0items per 100 m²
13	Hong Kong	66.0items per 100 m²
14	Bangladesh	62.0items per 100 m²
15	Namibia	60.0items per 100 m²
16	Bahamas	52.0items per 100 m²
17	Tonga	49.0items per 100 m²
18	Samoa	48.0items per 100 m²
19	Guatemala	40.0items per 100 m²
20	Germany	38.0items per 100 m²
21	Brazil	36.0items per 100 m²
22	Jamaica	34.0items per 100 m²
23	Thailand	34.0items per 100 m²
24	Antigua and Barbuda	32.0items per 100 m²
25	Panama	31.0items per 100 m²
26	Singapore	30.0items per 100 m²
27	Netherlands	25.0items per 100 m²
28	Australia	24.0items per 100 m²
29	Mexico	21.0items per 100 m²
30	Türkiye	21.0items per 100 m²
31	Guyana	20.0items per 100 m²
32	Malaysia	19.0items per 100 m²
33	South Africa	19.0items per 100 m²
34	Gabon	16.0items per 100 m²
35	Honduras	15.0items per 100 m²
36	Mozambique	15.0items per 100 m²
37	Slovenia	15.0items per 100 m²
38	Japan	14.0items per 100 m²
39	Canada	10.0items per 100 m²
40	Fiji	10.0items per 100 m²
41	Israel	9.0items per 100 m²
42	Croatia	8.0items per 100 m²
43	Madagascar	8.0items per 100 m²
44	Nicaragua	8.0items per 100 m²
45	Kuwait	7.0items per 100 m²
46	Portugal	7.0items per 100 m²
47	United States of America	7.0items per 100 m²
48	Cyprus	6.0items per 100 m²
49	El Salvador	6.0items per 100 m²
50	India	6.0items per 100 m²
51	Uruguay	6.0items per 100 m²
52	Costa Rica	5.0items per 100 m²
53	People's Republic of China	4.0items per 100 m²
54	Indonesia	4.0items per 100 m²
55	Mauritius	4.0items per 100 m²
56	New Zealand	4.0items per 100 m²
57	Argentina	4.0items per 100 m²
58	Greece	3.0items per 100 m²
59	Ireland	3.0items per 100 m²
60	Rwanda	3.0items per 100 m²
61	Saint Lucia	3.0items per 100 m²
62	Spain	3.0items per 100 m²
63	Sweden	3.0items per 100 m²
64	Colombia	2.0items per 100 m²
65	Dominica	2.0items per 100 m²
66	Maldives	2.0items per 100 m²
67	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.0items per 100 m²
68	Seychelles	2.0items per 100 m²
69	Belize	2.0items per 100 m²
70	Sri Lanka	1.0items per 100 m²
71	Denmark	1.0items per 100 m²
72	Ecuador	1.0items per 100 m²
73	France	1.0items per 100 m²
74	United Arab Emirates	1.0items per 100 m²
75	Belgium	1.0items per 100 m²
76	Iceland	0.0items per 100 m²
77	Serbia	0.0items per 100 m²
78	Tunisia	0.0items per 100 m²

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Topics

#trend-research-200 #un-sdg #environment-water-forests-biodiversity #beach #litter #items #unit #surface #area #number

Data Source

This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2024).

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