environmental2024
Plastic waste exports 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.
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Key Insights
Global Average
2.4kilograms
Median: 0.1kilograms
Countries Covered
185
with available data
Highest
Slovenia
54.7kilograms
Lowest
Solomon Islands
0.0kilograms
Top 5 Countries
1Slovenia54.7kilograms
2Andorra44.0kilograms
3Belgium30.8kilograms
4Netherlands30.6kilograms
5Iceland19.6kilograms
By Region
Europe9.4kilograms(32 countries)
Oceania3.1kilograms(2 countries)
Other1.1kilograms(105 countries)
Asia0.5kilograms(26 countries)
South America0.1kilograms(7 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 (54.7kilograms)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 2.4kilograms)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
Other (105)
Asia (26)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
North America (4)
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 ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovenia | 54.7kilograms |
| 2 | Andorra | 44.0kilograms |
| 3 | Belgium | 30.8kilograms |
| 4 | Netherlands | 30.6kilograms |
| 5 | Iceland | 19.6kilograms |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 14.6kilograms |
| 7 | Denmark | 14.6kilograms |
| 8 | Ireland | 13.5kilograms |
| 9 | Croatia | 13.5kilograms |
| 10 | Norway | 12.3kilograms |
| 11 | Estonia | 12.1kilograms |
| 12 | Sweden | 11.6kilograms |
| 13 | Czech Republic | 10.7kilograms |
| 14 | Latvia | 10.0kilograms |
| 15 | Switzerland | 9.7kilograms |
| 16 | Malta | 8.4kilograms |
| 17 | Slovakia | 7.5kilograms |
| 18 | Cyprus | 7.4kilograms |
| 19 | Greece | 6.3kilograms |
| 20 | Jamaica | 6.0kilograms |
| 21 | Lithuania | 5.7kilograms |
| 22 | Japan | 5.5kilograms |
| 23 | New Zealand | 5.2kilograms |
| 24 | Palau | 5.2kilograms |
| 25 | Portugal | 5.1kilograms |
| 26 | Finland | 4.4kilograms |
| 27 | Barbados | 4.0kilograms |
| 28 | Poland | 3.6kilograms |
| 29 | Tunisia | 3.5kilograms |
| 30 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 2.7kilograms |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 2.7kilograms |
| 32 | Faroe Islands | 2.7kilograms |
| 33 | Israel | 2.6kilograms |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 2.3kilograms |
| 35 | Greenland | 2.2kilograms |
| 36 | Mauritius | 1.9kilograms |
| 37 | Djibouti | 1.8kilograms |
| 38 | Honduras | 1.8kilograms |
| 39 | Belarus | 1.7kilograms |
| 40 | Bhutan | 1.6kilograms |
| 41 | Maldives | 1.5kilograms |
| 42 | Albania | 1.4kilograms |
| 43 | El Salvador | 1.4kilograms |
| 44 | Nicaragua | 1.4kilograms |
| 45 | Mauritania | 1.4kilograms |
| 46 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.3kilograms |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 1.3kilograms |
| 48 | French Polynesia | 1.2kilograms |
| 49 | Belize | 1.2kilograms |
| 50 | Namibia | 1.1kilograms |
| 51 | Australia | 1.0kilograms |
| 52 | Panama | 1.0kilograms |
| 53 | Kuwait | 1.0kilograms |
| 54 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.0kilograms |
| 55 | Hong Kong | 0.9kilograms |
| 56 | Philippines | 0.9kilograms |
| 57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.8kilograms |
| 58 | Montenegro | 0.8kilograms |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 0.8kilograms |
| 60 | Suriname | 0.7kilograms |
| 61 | South Africa | 0.7kilograms |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 0.6kilograms |
| 63 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.6kilograms |
| 64 | Eswatini | 0.6kilograms |
| 65 | Libya | 0.5kilograms |
| 66 | Vietnam | 0.5kilograms |
| 67 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.4kilograms |
| 68 | Guatemala | 0.4kilograms |
| 69 | Cape Verde | 0.4kilograms |
| 70 | Chile | 0.3kilograms |
| 71 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.3kilograms |
| 72 | Mongolia | 0.3kilograms |
| 73 | Uganda | 0.3kilograms |
| 74 | Sudan | 0.3kilograms |
| 75 | Botswana | 0.3kilograms |
| 76 | Serbia | 0.3kilograms |
| 77 | Macao | 0.3kilograms |
| 78 | Bahamas | 0.2kilograms |
| 79 | Bangladesh | 0.2kilograms |
| 80 | Russian Federation | 0.2kilograms |
| 81 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 0.2kilograms |
| 82 | Uruguay | 0.2kilograms |
| 83 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.2kilograms |
| 84 | Ecuador | 0.2kilograms |
| 85 | Venezuela | 0.2kilograms |
| 86 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2kilograms |
| 87 | Georgia | 0.2kilograms |
| 88 | Indonesia | 0.2kilograms |
| 89 | New Caledonia | 0.1kilograms |
| 90 | Gabon | 0.1kilograms |
| 91 | Grenada | 0.1kilograms |
| 92 | Morocco | 0.1kilograms |
| 93 | Cayman Islands | 0.1kilograms |
| 94 | Mali | 0.1kilograms |
| 95 | Togo | 0.1kilograms |
| 96 | Zimbabwe | 0.1kilograms |
| 97 | Türkiye | 0.1kilograms |
| 98 | Myanmar | 0.1kilograms |
| 99 | Paraguay | 0.1kilograms |
| 100 | Bolivia | 0.1kilograms |
| 101 | Kenya | 0.1kilograms |
| 102 | Armenia | 0.1kilograms |
| 103 | Burkina Faso | 0.1kilograms |
| 104 | Colombia | 0.1kilograms |
| 105 | Saint Lucia | 0.1kilograms |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1kilograms |
| 107 | Zambia | 0.1kilograms |
| 108 | Cambodia | 0.1kilograms |
| 109 | Rwanda | 0.1kilograms |
| 110 | Montserrat | 0.1kilograms |
| 111 | Argentina | 0.1kilograms |
| 112 | Pakistan | 0.1kilograms |
| 113 | Republic of the Congo | 0.1kilograms |
| 114 | Mozambique | 0.1kilograms |
| 115 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0kilograms |
| 116 | Guadeloupe | 0.0kilograms |
| 117 | Samoa | 0.0kilograms |
| 118 | Guyana | 0.0kilograms |
| 119 | People's Republic of China | 0.0kilograms |
| 120 | Brazil | 0.0kilograms |
| 121 | Sri Lanka | 0.0kilograms |
| 122 | Senegal | 0.0kilograms |
| 123 | Algeria | 0.0kilograms |
| 124 | Nigeria | 0.0kilograms |
| 125 | Burundi | 0.0kilograms |
| 126 | Cuba | 0.0kilograms |
| 127 | Iraq | 0.0kilograms |
| 128 | Central African Republic | 0.0kilograms |
| 129 | Ukraine | 0.0kilograms |
| 130 | Ethiopia | 0.0kilograms |
| 131 | Yemen | 0.0kilograms |
| 132 | Peru | 0.0kilograms |
| 133 | Kiribati | 0.0kilograms |
| 134 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0kilograms |
| 135 | Uzbekistan | 0.0kilograms |
| 136 | Lesotho | 0.0kilograms |
| 137 | Moldova, Republic of | 0.0kilograms |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 0.0kilograms |
| 139 | State of Palestine | 0.0kilograms |
| 140 | Cameroon | 0.0kilograms |
| 141 | Dominica | 0.0kilograms |
| 142 | Benin | 0.0kilograms |
| 143 | India | 0.0kilograms |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 0.0kilograms |
| 145 | Guinea | 0.0kilograms |
| 146 | Malawi | 0.0kilograms |
| 147 | Egypt | 0.0kilograms |
| 148 | Afghanistan | 0.0kilograms |
| 149 | Timor-Leste | 0.0kilograms |
| 150 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0kilograms |
| 151 | Niger | 0.0kilograms |
| 152 | Madagascar | 0.0kilograms |
| 153 | Nepal | 0.0kilograms |
| 154 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0kilograms |
| 155 | Liberia | 0.0kilograms |
| 156 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0kilograms |
| 157 | Aruba | 0.0kilograms |
| 158 | Angola | 0.0kilograms |
| 159 | Bermuda | 0.0kilograms |
| 160 | Canada | 0.0kilograms |
| 161 | Fiji | 0.0kilograms |
| 162 | France | 0.0kilograms |
| 163 | Republic of The Gambia | 0.0kilograms |
| 164 | Germany | 0.0kilograms |
| 165 | Ghana | 0.0kilograms |
| 166 | Hungary | 0.0kilograms |
| 167 | Italy | 0.0kilograms |
| 168 | Kazakhstan | 0.0kilograms |
| 169 | Jordan | 0.0kilograms |
| 170 | South Korea | 0.0kilograms |
| 171 | Lebanon | 0.0kilograms |
| 172 | Malaysia | 0.0kilograms |
| 173 | Mexico | 0.0kilograms |
| 174 | Oman | 0.0kilograms |
| 175 | Qatar | 0.0kilograms |
| 176 | Romania | 0.0kilograms |
| 177 | Singapore | 0.0kilograms |
| 178 | Spain | 0.0kilograms |
| 179 | Thailand | 0.0kilograms |
| 180 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0kilograms |
| 181 | United Kingdom | 0.0kilograms |
| 182 | United States of America | 0.0kilograms |
| 183 | Austria | 0.0kilograms |
| 184 | Bahrain | 0.0kilograms |
| 185 | Solomon Islands | 0.0kilograms |
Showing 185 of 185 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).
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