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Plastic waste imports per capita

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•195 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
1.9kilograms
Median: 0.0kilograms
Countries Covered
195
with available data
Highest
Slovenia
53.2kilograms
Lowest
Brazil
0.0kilograms
Top 5 Countries
1Slovenia53.2kilograms
2Lithuania36.0kilograms
3Netherlands35.9kilograms
4Belgium29.7kilograms
5Austria20.3kilograms
By Region
Europe9.6kilograms(32 countries)
North America1.2kilograms(4 countries)
Asia0.9kilograms(25 countries)
Other0.3kilograms(116 countries)
Oceania0.2kilograms(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0kilograms)High (53.2kilograms)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1.9kilograms)

Europe (32)
North America (4)
Asia (25)
Other (116)
Oceania (2)
Africa (9)
South America (7)

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

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Slovenia53.2kilograms
2Lithuania36.0kilograms
3Netherlands35.9kilograms
4Belgium29.7kilograms
5Austria20.3kilograms
6Czech Republic20.0kilograms
7Sweden16.9kilograms
8Denmark16.1kilograms
9Luxembourg14.0kilograms
10Malaysia12.2kilograms
11Croatia11.9kilograms
12Latvia9.4kilograms
13Türkiye7.7kilograms
14Portugal7.0kilograms
15Cyprus6.8kilograms
16Germany6.1kilograms
17Ireland5.8kilograms
18Estonia5.6kilograms
19Canada3.9kilograms
20Palau3.7kilograms
21Italy3.4kilograms
22Romania3.1kilograms
23Lao People's Democratic Republic2.9kilograms
24Vietnam2.6kilograms
25Serbia2.5kilograms
26Azerbaijan2.5kilograms
27Thailand2.1kilograms
28France2.0kilograms
29Djibouti1.8kilograms
30Cayman Islands1.5kilograms
31Finland1.4kilograms
32Hong Kong1.3kilograms
33Paraguay1.1kilograms
34Solomon Islands1.0kilograms
35El Salvador0.9kilograms
36Costa Rica0.9kilograms
37Indonesia0.9kilograms
38Bahrain0.8kilograms
39Guatemala0.8kilograms
40Saudi Arabia0.8kilograms
41Norway0.7kilograms
42Syrian Arab Republic0.7kilograms
43Israel0.6kilograms
44Oman0.5kilograms
45Qatar0.5kilograms
46Bosnia and Herzegovina0.5kilograms
47The Republic of North Macedonia0.5kilograms
48Yemen0.5kilograms
49Afghanistan0.4kilograms
50Peru0.4kilograms
51Australia0.4kilograms
52Belarus0.3kilograms
53Kyrgyzstan0.3kilograms
54Egypt0.3kilograms
55Macao0.3kilograms
56Russian Federation0.3kilograms
57Sri Lanka0.3kilograms
58Ukraine0.3kilograms
59Eritrea0.3kilograms
60United Arab Emirates0.3kilograms
61Myanmar0.2kilograms
62Dominican Republic0.2kilograms
63Pakistan0.2kilograms
64Tunisia0.2kilograms
65Morocco0.2kilograms
66Nicaragua0.2kilograms
67Zimbabwe0.1kilograms
68South Africa0.1kilograms
69Chile0.1kilograms
70Trinidad and Tobago0.1kilograms
71Kenya0.1kilograms
72Tajikistan0.1kilograms
73Honduras0.1kilograms
74Sierra Leone0.1kilograms
75Algeria0.1kilograms
76Martinique0.1kilograms
77Guadeloupe0.1kilograms
78Bangladesh0.1kilograms
79New Zealand0.1kilograms
80Colombia0.1kilograms
81Armenia0.1kilograms
82Togo0.1kilograms
83Uganda0.1kilograms
84Japan0.1kilograms
85Malta0.1kilograms
86Tonga0.1kilograms
87Singapore0.1kilograms
88Bhutan0.1kilograms
89Benin0.0kilograms
90Argentina0.0kilograms
91Lebanon0.0kilograms
92Angola0.0kilograms
93Comoros0.0kilograms
94Saint Lucia0.0kilograms
95Rwanda0.0kilograms
96Georgia0.0kilograms
97India0.0kilograms
98Ethiopia0.0kilograms
99Bahamas0.0kilograms
100Islamic Republic of Iran0.0kilograms
101Guinea0.0kilograms
102Philippines0.0kilograms
103Bolivia0.0kilograms
104Kazakhstan0.0kilograms
105Micronesia, Federated States of0.0kilograms
106Albania0.0kilograms
107Turkmenistan0.0kilograms
108Nigeria0.0kilograms
109Jamaica0.0kilograms
110Mozambique0.0kilograms
111Zambia0.0kilograms
112Uruguay0.0kilograms
113Mauritania0.0kilograms
114Eswatini0.0kilograms
115Kuwait0.0kilograms
116Burkina Faso0.0kilograms
117Jordan0.0kilograms
118Namibia0.0kilograms
119Botswana0.0kilograms
120Andorra0.0kilograms
121Panama0.0kilograms
122Brunei Darussalam0.0kilograms
123Maldives0.0kilograms
124Madagascar0.0kilograms
125Mali0.0kilograms
126Republic of The Gambia0.0kilograms
127Turks and Caicos Islands0.0kilograms
128Cameroon0.0kilograms
129Cambodia0.0kilograms
130United Republic of Tanzania0.0kilograms
131Suriname0.0kilograms
132Montenegro0.0kilograms
133Wallis and Futuna0.0kilograms
134Mauritius0.0kilograms
135Vanuatu0.0kilograms
136Democratic Republic of the Congo0.0kilograms
137Gabon0.0kilograms
138Libya0.0kilograms
139Sudan0.0kilograms
140Iceland0.0kilograms
141Mongolia0.0kilograms
142Barbados0.0kilograms
143Bermuda0.0kilograms
144Papua New Guinea0.0kilograms
145Niger0.0kilograms
146Mayotte0.0kilograms
147Montserrat0.0kilograms
148State of Palestine0.0kilograms
149Timor-Leste0.0kilograms
150Samoa0.0kilograms
151Venezuela0.0kilograms
152Cape Verde0.0kilograms
153Fiji0.0kilograms
154Seychelles0.0kilograms
155Moldova, Republic of0.0kilograms
156Kiribati0.0kilograms
157Saint Kitts and Nevis0.0kilograms
158Faroe Islands0.0kilograms
159Guinea-Bissau0.0kilograms
160People's Republic of China0.0kilograms
161New Caledonia0.0kilograms
162Central African Republic0.0kilograms
163Grenada0.0kilograms
164Lesotho0.0kilograms
165Republic of the Congo0.0kilograms
166Guyana0.0kilograms
167Antigua and Barbuda0.0kilograms
168Nepal0.0kilograms
169Belize0.0kilograms
170Burundi0.0kilograms
171Greenland0.0kilograms
172Aruba0.0kilograms
173Dominica0.0kilograms
174Ecuador0.0kilograms
175French Polynesia0.0kilograms
176Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.0kilograms
177Sao Tome and Principe0.0kilograms
178Cote d'Ivoire0.0kilograms
179Cuba0.0kilograms
180Bulgaria0.0kilograms
181Ghana0.0kilograms
182Greece0.0kilograms
183Hungary0.0kilograms
184South Korea0.0kilograms
185Malawi0.0kilograms
186Mexico0.0kilograms
187Poland0.0kilograms
188Senegal0.0kilograms
189Slovakia0.0kilograms
190Spain0.0kilograms
191Switzerland0.0kilograms
192United Kingdom0.0kilograms
193United States of America0.0kilograms
194Uzbekistan0.0kilograms
195Brazil0.0kilograms
Showing 195 of 195 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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