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environmental2020

Plastic waste generation

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•237 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
1,094,541.3tonnes
Median: 202,767.1tonnes
Countries Covered
237
with available data
Highest
People's Republic of China
41,302,464.0tonnes
Lowest
Tokelau
21.2tonnes
Top 5 Countries
1People's Republic of China41,302,464.0tonnes
2India27,781,626.0tonnes
3United States of America24,973,222.0tonnes
4Brazil8,787,108.0tonnes
5Indonesia8,142,919.5tonnes
By Region
North America8,278,984.5tonnes(4 countries)
Asia4,521,860.5tonnes(27 countries)
South America2,317,472.0tonnes(7 countries)
Africa1,969,489.3tonnes(9 countries)
Europe1,004,972.6tonnes(32 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (21.2tonnes)High (41,302,464.0tonnes)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,094,541.3tonnes)

North America (4)
Asia (27)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
Other (156)

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 2020; 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 ↕
1People's Republic of China41,302,464.0tonnes
2India27,781,626.0tonnes
3United States of America24,973,222.0tonnes
4Brazil8,787,108.0tonnes
5Indonesia8,142,919.5tonnes
6Russian Federation6,099,985.0tonnes
7Japan5,867,851.5tonnes
8Mexico5,755,278.5tonnes
9Nigeria5,619,360.0tonnes
10Pakistan4,939,340.5tonnes
11France4,278,313.5tonnes
12Germany4,128,099.2tonnes
13Türkiye4,034,216.0tonnes
14Italy3,995,200.5tonnes
15United Kingdom3,669,760.2tonnes
16Vietnam3,644,427.2tonnes
17Philippines3,552,568.2tonnes
18Spain3,476,914.8tonnes
19Thailand3,427,885.5tonnes
20Egypt3,253,851.2tonnes
21Bangladesh3,252,683.5tonnes
22Islamic Republic of Iran2,876,160.5tonnes
23Saudi Arabia2,708,362.2tonnes
24South Korea2,510,346.5tonnes
25Argentina2,405,453.0tonnes
26South Africa2,396,126.0tonnes
27Poland2,069,653.8tonnes
28Canada1,902,930.5tonnes
29Iraq1,798,257.4tonnes
30Colombia1,771,951.9tonnes
31Malaysia1,529,666.9tonnes
32Algeria1,476,878.5tonnes
33Taiwan, Province of China1,464,812.1tonnes
34Myanmar1,443,709.0tonnes
35Ukraine1,430,222.1tonnes
36Venezuela1,403,342.4tonnes
37Australia1,398,883.2tonnes
38Democratic Republic of the Congo1,296,946.5tonnes
39Morocco1,259,026.8tonnes
40Peru1,227,813.6tonnes
41United Republic of Tanzania1,174,968.9tonnes
42Sudan1,094,954.5tonnes
43Chile1,085,407.0tonnes
44Uzbekistan1,040,546.4tonnes
45United Arab Emirates1,022,617.9tonnes
46Angola975,900.6tonnes
47Kenya955,894.4tonnes
48Ethiopia926,463.3tonnes
49Yemen906,766.4tonnes
50Netherlands862,288.3tonnes
51Afghanistan862,019.3tonnes
52Ghana861,903.3tonnes
53Uganda858,272.6tonnes
54Cambodia847,955.8tonnes
55Kazakhstan778,540.1tonnes
56Sri Lanka764,507.1tonnes
57Ecuador746,183.3tonnes
58Syrian Arab Republic706,506.4tonnes
59Cameroon694,791.1tonnes
60Hong Kong678,698.3tonnes
61Romania666,057.2tonnes
62Hungary664,162.3tonnes
63North Korea653,267.0tonnes
64Belgium635,845.6tonnes
65Greece609,193.3tonnes
66Austria601,222.1tonnes
67Czech Republic592,351.3tonnes
68Jordan589,710.1tonnes
69Portugal581,288.0tonnes
70Cote d'Ivoire577,942.6tonnes
71Cuba563,661.8tonnes
72Israel511,845.7tonnes
73Nepal510,593.4tonnes
74Guatemala484,507.2tonnes
75Sweden477,875.9tonnes
76Mozambique477,724.1tonnes
77Belarus449,108.6tonnes
78Tunisia435,760.7tonnes
79Dominican Republic399,108.8tonnes
80Switzerland376,107.9tonnes
81Singapore372,438.3tonnes
82Slovakia371,776.5tonnes
83New Zealand370,460.7tonnes
84Kuwait369,223.5tonnes
85Senegal354,774.6tonnes
86Serbia353,004.5tonnes
87South Sudan348,356.8tonnes
88Azerbaijan345,963.7tonnes
89Bolivia333,918.0tonnes
90Denmark324,220.9tonnes
91Finland319,761.9tonnes
92Somalia316,351.2tonnes
93Zambia314,620.8tonnes
94Haiti309,003.1tonnes
95Madagascar307,316.8tonnes
96Paraguay304,799.8tonnes
97Kyrgyzstan292,541.9tonnes
98Chad283,496.9tonnes
99Bulgaria279,790.2tonnes
100Tajikistan278,436.3tonnes
101Ireland277,401.6tonnes
102Mali277,018.7tonnes
103Rwanda272,680.6tonnes
104Croatia261,200.3tonnes
105Burkina Faso256,411.7tonnes
106Honduras255,443.7tonnes
107Oman247,601.8tonnes
108Benin234,416.9tonnes
109Norway230,503.2tonnes
110Lebanon227,622.0tonnes
111Puerto Rico226,061.3tonnes
112El Salvador225,957.1tonnes
113Malawi223,591.5tonnes
114Zimbabwe212,875.0tonnes
115Costa Rica212,078.6tonnes
116Qatar206,873.8tonnes
117Papua New Guinea206,809.0tonnes
118State of Palestine206,322.2tonnes
119Turkmenistan202,767.1tonnes
120Libya199,126.7tonnes
121Uruguay198,387.5tonnes
122Nicaragua198,106.5tonnes
123Burundi188,892.6tonnes
124Niger185,714.7tonnes
125Lao People's Democratic Republic177,380.4tonnes
126Panama177,083.8tonnes
127Lithuania175,036.6tonnes
128Georgia169,525.9tonnes
129Togo154,634.2tonnes
130Republic of the Congo146,110.2tonnes
131Guinea131,711.0tonnes
132Albania130,912.2tonnes
133Jamaica128,664.4tonnes
134Latvia123,061.7tonnes
135Slovenia121,793.1tonnes
136Bosnia and Herzegovina120,232.7tonnes
137Mongolia115,386.5tonnes
138Mauritania110,389.1tonnes
139Botswana106,753.6tonnes
140Armenia105,296.8tonnes
141Trinidad and Tobago93,659.1tonnes
142Sierra Leone92,387.8tonnes
143The Republic of North Macedonia89,784.7tonnes
144Liberia85,815.4tonnes
145Estonia84,473.8tonnes
146Namibia84,389.8tonnes
147Bahrain81,656.1tonnes
148Gabon76,503.1tonnes
149Equatorial Guinea69,863.7tonnes
150Cyprus68,998.5tonnes
151Moldova, Republic of68,186.6tonnes
152Central African Republic66,145.5tonnes
153Eritrea63,934.1tonnes
154Mauritius57,631.9tonnes
155Macao56,262.4tonnes
156Lesotho55,644.1tonnes
157Reunion51,600.6tonnes
158Republic of The Gambia44,910.8tonnes
159Brunei Darussalam43,226.3tonnes
160Montenegro42,867.4tonnes
161Guinea-Bissau34,943.7tonnes
162Malta34,754.3tonnes
163Luxembourg34,091.6tonnes
164Bahamas33,868.5tonnes
165Djibouti33,213.6tonnes
166Fiji29,303.2tonnes
167Belize29,059.1tonnes
168Eswatini28,973.8tonnes
169Timor-Leste28,562.2tonnes
170Guyana27,529.6tonnes
171Suriname24,303.1tonnes
172Cape Verde23,695.4tonnes
173French Polynesia23,074.8tonnes
174New Caledonia22,691.9tonnes
175Guadeloupe21,165.6tonnes
176Barbados21,146.7tonnes
177Maldives19,788.9tonnes
178Iceland19,452.5tonnes
179Comoros19,147.5tonnes
180Martinique17,797.2tonnes
181Curaçao16,179.5tonnes
182French Guiana16,111.7tonnes
183Western Sahara16,001.9tonnes
184Guam14,517.1tonnes
185Mayotte13,754.7tonnes
186Solomon Islands12,957.2tonnes
187Bhutan12,456.1tonnes
188Saint Lucia10,153.4tonnes
189Aruba9,606.6tonnes
190Vanuatu9,580.2tonnes
191Seychelles8,834.7tonnes
192Virgin Islands, U.S.7,839.0tonnes
193Sao Tome and Principe7,325.2tonnes
194Samoa7,248.9tonnes
195Antigua and Barbuda6,983.8tonnes
196Grenada6,784.7tonnes
197Andorra6,326.9tonnes
198Jersey5,992.8tonnes
199Cayman Islands5,222.2tonnes
200Saint Vincent and the Grenadines5,059.7tonnes
201Northern Mariana Islands4,405.4tonnes
202Saint Kitts and Nevis4,172.7tonnes
203Isle of Man3,894.9tonnes
204Bermuda3,759.9tonnes
205Tonga3,551.1tonnes
206Dominica3,508.9tonnes
207Turks and Caicos Islands3,490.5tonnes
208Guernsey3,467.6tonnes
209Sint Maarten (Dutch part)3,432.1tonnes
210Faroe Islands3,325.3tonnes
211Monaco2,979.7tonnes
212Virgin Islands, British2,745.3tonnes
213San Marino2,623.0tonnes
214Greenland2,482.7tonnes
215Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba2,160.8tonnes
216Micronesia, Federated States of2,105.6tonnes
217Kiribati2,001.8tonnes
218American Samoa1,981.4tonnes
219Gibraltar1,706.9tonnes
220Liechtenstein1,694.4tonnes
221Saint Martin (French part)1,627.9tonnes
222Cook Islands1,513.5tonnes
223Marshall Islands1,199.4tonnes
224Nauru914.2tonnes
225Palau807.6tonnes
226Saint Barthélemy562.0tonnes
227Anguilla527.8tonnes
228Saint Pierre and Miquelon396.0tonnes
229Tuvalu326.1tonnes
230Montserrat323.5tonnes
231Falkland Islands (Malvinas)277.5tonnes
232Svalbard and Jan Mayen194.5tonnes
233Saint Helena176.7tonnes
234Wallis and Futuna155.0tonnes
235Niue57.4tonnes
236Holy See (Vatican City State)56.1tonnes
237Tokelau21.2tonnes
Showing 237 of 237 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2020).

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