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Waste
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
373.6kilograms per person
Median: 177.9kilograms per person
Countries Covered
193
with available data
Highest
Bahrain
12,123.5kilograms per person
Lowest
Solomon Islands
0.0kilograms per person
Top 5 Countries
1Bahrain12,123.5kilograms per person
2Barbados8,004.3kilograms per person
3Brunei Darussalam1,917.4kilograms per person
4Mauritius1,751.0kilograms per person
5Andorra1,607.5kilograms per person
By Region
Oceania571.7kilograms per person(2 countries)
South America420.9kilograms per person(7 countries)
Other402.6kilograms per person(114 countries)
North America387.9kilograms per person(4 countries)
Asia381.3kilograms per person(25 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0kilograms per person)High (12,123.5kilograms per person)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 373.6kilograms per person)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Other (114)
North America (4)
Asia (25)
Europe (32)
Africa (9)
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 2023; 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 | Bahrain | 12,123.5kilograms per person |
| 2 | Barbados | 8,004.3kilograms per person |
| 3 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,917.4kilograms per person |
| 4 | Mauritius | 1,751.0kilograms per person |
| 5 | Andorra | 1,607.5kilograms per person |
| 6 | Seychelles | 1,328.5kilograms per person |
| 7 | Serbia | 1,318.4kilograms per person |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 1,188.4kilograms per person |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 1,103.2kilograms per person |
| 10 | Belarus | 1,048.7kilograms per person |
| 11 | Israel | 983.1kilograms per person |
| 12 | Panama | 841.0kilograms per person |
| 13 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 824.3kilograms per person |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 762.9kilograms per person |
| 15 | Colombia | 729.2kilograms per person |
| 16 | Iceland | 670.9kilograms per person |
| 17 | Argentina | 670.6kilograms per person |
| 18 | New Zealand | 651.5kilograms per person |
| 19 | Qatar | 631.1kilograms per person |
| 20 | Moldova, Republic of | 613.0kilograms per person |
| 21 | Belize | 608.1kilograms per person |
| 22 | Jordan | 578.7kilograms per person |
| 23 | Canada | 567.2kilograms per person |
| 24 | Greece | 547.7kilograms per person |
| 25 | Kuwait | 541.5kilograms per person |
| 26 | Algeria | 538.7kilograms per person |
| 27 | Malaysia | 535.8kilograms per person |
| 28 | Costa Rica | 530.8kilograms per person |
| 29 | Georgia | 530.5kilograms per person |
| 30 | Syrian Arab Republic | 520.5kilograms per person |
| 31 | Iraq | 504.5kilograms per person |
| 32 | Indonesia | 500.7kilograms per person |
| 33 | Australia | 491.9kilograms per person |
| 34 | Cyprus | 483.3kilograms per person |
| 35 | Lebanon | 474.6kilograms per person |
| 36 | Croatia | 467.1kilograms per person |
| 37 | Portugal | 455.4kilograms per person |
| 38 | South Sudan | 453.7kilograms per person |
| 39 | Dominica | 450.9kilograms per person |
| 40 | Albania | 448.1kilograms per person |
| 41 | Mexico | 447.0kilograms per person |
| 42 | Eswatini | 447.0kilograms per person |
| 43 | Czech Republic | 445.0kilograms per person |
| 44 | Venezuela | 443.8kilograms per person |
| 45 | Maldives | 437.3kilograms per person |
| 46 | Brazil | 433.7kilograms per person |
| 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 427.0kilograms per person |
| 48 | Gabon | 422.6kilograms per person |
| 49 | United States of America | 413.4kilograms per person |
| 50 | Pakistan | 406.2kilograms per person |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 406.1kilograms per person |
| 52 | Estonia | 402.3kilograms per person |
| 53 | Peru | 398.9kilograms per person |
| 54 | Malta | 394.0kilograms per person |
| 55 | Oman | 392.1kilograms per person |
| 56 | Libya | 387.4kilograms per person |
| 57 | El Salvador | 386.7kilograms per person |
| 58 | Egypt | 375.3kilograms per person |
| 59 | Hungary | 363.4kilograms per person |
| 60 | Chile | 341.3kilograms per person |
| 61 | Tunisia | 341.0kilograms per person |
| 62 | Lithuania | 339.9kilograms per person |
| 63 | Zambia | 323.3kilograms per person |
| 64 | Romania | 321.2kilograms per person |
| 65 | Morocco | 316.3kilograms per person |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 312.3kilograms per person |
| 67 | Paraguay | 311.2kilograms per person |
| 68 | Ecuador | 310.9kilograms per person |
| 69 | Italy | 300.2kilograms per person |
| 70 | Slovakia | 291.8kilograms per person |
| 71 | Armenia | 278.6kilograms per person |
| 72 | Jamaica | 271.1kilograms per person |
| 73 | Finland | 260.7kilograms per person |
| 74 | Mozambique | 259.0kilograms per person |
| 75 | Spain | 257.3kilograms per person |
| 76 | Bolivia | 255.6kilograms per person |
| 77 | Latvia | 255.0kilograms per person |
| 78 | Djibouti | 251.5kilograms per person |
| 79 | Somalia | 250.6kilograms per person |
| 80 | Vietnam | 231.6kilograms per person |
| 81 | Bhutan | 228.9kilograms per person |
| 82 | France | 223.1kilograms per person |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 219.4kilograms per person |
| 84 | Thailand | 212.7kilograms per person |
| 85 | Luxembourg | 210.5kilograms per person |
| 86 | South Korea | 207.9kilograms per person |
| 87 | United Kingdom | 207.8kilograms per person |
| 88 | Guyana | 205.7kilograms per person |
| 89 | Montenegro | 205.2kilograms per person |
| 90 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 197.9kilograms per person |
| 91 | Norway | 192.1kilograms per person |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | 186.7kilograms per person |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 186.3kilograms per person |
| 94 | Philippines | 182.6kilograms per person |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 180.3kilograms per person |
| 96 | People's Republic of China | 178.2kilograms per person |
| 97 | Republic of The Gambia | 177.9kilograms per person |
| 98 | Suriname | 174.9kilograms per person |
| 99 | Cameroon | 171.3kilograms per person |
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 160.6kilograms per person |
| 101 | Slovenia | 160.5kilograms per person |
| 102 | Türkiye | 160.1kilograms per person |
| 103 | Central African Republic | 153.3kilograms per person |
| 104 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 139.9kilograms per person |
| 105 | Ireland | 138.6kilograms per person |
| 106 | Republic of the Congo | 137.5kilograms per person |
| 107 | Honduras | 136.2kilograms per person |
| 108 | Netherlands | 134.3kilograms per person |
| 109 | Eritrea | 129.7kilograms per person |
| 110 | Ghana | 128.4kilograms per person |
| 111 | Bangladesh | 127.4kilograms per person |
| 112 | Guatemala | 124.1kilograms per person |
| 113 | Sudan | 112.9kilograms per person |
| 114 | Burkina Faso | 112.5kilograms per person |
| 115 | Cuba | 111.6kilograms per person |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 108.5kilograms per person |
| 117 | Antigua and Barbuda | 107.1kilograms per person |
| 118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98.7kilograms per person |
| 119 | Poland | 98.5kilograms per person |
| 120 | Haiti | 94.5kilograms per person |
| 121 | Senegal | 94.0kilograms per person |
| 122 | Togo | 93.6kilograms per person |
| 123 | Mongolia | 93.2kilograms per person |
| 124 | Equatorial Guinea | 92.0kilograms per person |
| 125 | Myanmar | 90.7kilograms per person |
| 126 | Guinea | 90.2kilograms per person |
| 127 | Austria | 89.8kilograms per person |
| 128 | Afghanistan | 89.7kilograms per person |
| 129 | Cote d'Ivoire | 87.9kilograms per person |
| 130 | Yemen | 87.6kilograms per person |
| 131 | Grenada | 85.4kilograms per person |
| 132 | Denmark | 84.1kilograms per person |
| 133 | Ukraine | 83.7kilograms per person |
| 134 | Zimbabwe | 82.6kilograms per person |
| 135 | Turkmenistan | 81.5kilograms per person |
| 136 | Nigeria | 79.8kilograms per person |
| 137 | United Republic of Tanzania | 78.1kilograms per person |
| 138 | Lesotho | 77.9kilograms per person |
| 139 | Namibia | 74.2kilograms per person |
| 140 | Botswana | 72.6kilograms per person |
| 141 | Belgium | 66.6kilograms per person |
| 142 | Uruguay | 62.0kilograms per person |
| 143 | Uganda | 56.5kilograms per person |
| 144 | Saint Lucia | 55.8kilograms per person |
| 145 | South Africa | 55.7kilograms per person |
| 146 | North Korea | 55.6kilograms per person |
| 147 | India | 55.2kilograms per person |
| 148 | Angola | 55.0kilograms per person |
| 149 | Switzerland | 53.0kilograms per person |
| 150 | Sweden | 48.3kilograms per person |
| 151 | Sao Tome and Principe | 43.3kilograms per person |
| 152 | Guinea-Bissau | 41.8kilograms per person |
| 153 | Kenya | 41.7kilograms per person |
| 154 | Germany | 32.4kilograms per person |
| 155 | Malawi | 30.8kilograms per person |
| 156 | Nepal | 29.3kilograms per person |
| 157 | Ethiopia | 28.7kilograms per person |
| 158 | Japan | 27.2kilograms per person |
| 159 | Mali | 26.5kilograms per person |
| 160 | Cambodia | 24.7kilograms per person |
| 161 | Timor-Leste | 21.7kilograms per person |
| 162 | Liberia | 20.0kilograms per person |
| 163 | Uzbekistan | 17.1kilograms per person |
| 164 | Mauritania | 15.9kilograms per person |
| 165 | Kyrgyzstan | 15.6kilograms per person |
| 166 | Benin | 14.2kilograms per person |
| 167 | Singapore | 13.8kilograms per person |
| 168 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 13.0kilograms per person |
| 169 | Chad | 11.4kilograms per person |
| 170 | Rwanda | 10.0kilograms per person |
| 171 | Niger | 9.6kilograms per person |
| 172 | Burundi | 5.1kilograms per person |
| 173 | Tajikistan | 3.8kilograms per person |
| 174 | Madagascar | 1.9kilograms per person |
| 175 | Cape Verde | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 176 | Comoros | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 177 | Cook Islands | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 178 | Fiji | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 179 | Kiribati | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 180 | Liechtenstein | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 181 | Nauru | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 182 | Vanuatu | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 183 | Niue | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 184 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 185 | Marshall Islands | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 186 | Palau | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 187 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 189 | Tonga | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 190 | Tuvalu | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 191 | Samoa | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 192 | Bahamas | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 193 | Solomon Islands | 0.0kilograms per person |
Showing 193 of 193 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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