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Total plastic pollution per capita
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.
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Key Insights
Global Average
6.9kilograms per person
Median: 6.8kilograms per person
Countries Covered
237
with available data
Highest
Cambodia
25.2kilograms per person
Lowest
Gibraltar
0.0kilograms per person
Top 5 Countries
1Cambodia25.2kilograms per person
2Paraguay23.4kilograms per person
3Equatorial Guinea20.8kilograms per person
4South Sudan20.4kilograms per person
5Haiti20.3kilograms per person
By Region
Africa11.1kilograms per person(9 countries)
Other8.2kilograms per person(156 countries)
Asia6.3kilograms per person(27 countries)
North America5.4kilograms per person(4 countries)
South America4.5kilograms per person(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 per person)High (25.2kilograms per person)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 6.9kilograms per person)
Africa (9)
Other (156)
Asia (27)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
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 ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambodia | 25.2kilograms per person |
| 2 | Paraguay | 23.4kilograms per person |
| 3 | Equatorial Guinea | 20.8kilograms per person |
| 4 | South Sudan | 20.4kilograms per person |
| 5 | Haiti | 20.3kilograms per person |
| 6 | Vanuatu | 20.1kilograms per person |
| 7 | Lesotho | 19.9kilograms per person |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 18.8kilograms per person |
| 9 | Iraq | 18.8kilograms per person |
| 10 | Mauritania | 18.7kilograms per person |
| 11 | Djibouti | 18.4kilograms per person |
| 12 | Belize | 17.7kilograms per person |
| 13 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 17.3kilograms per person |
| 14 | Serbia | 17.0kilograms per person |
| 15 | Eswatini | 17.0kilograms per person |
| 16 | Nigeria | 17.0kilograms per person |
| 17 | Sao Tome and Principe | 16.9kilograms per person |
| 18 | Angola | 16.5kilograms per person |
| 19 | Saint Helena | 16.5kilograms per person |
| 20 | Tajikistan | 16.3kilograms per person |
| 21 | Cameroon | 16.3kilograms per person |
| 22 | Syrian Arab Republic | 15.8kilograms per person |
| 23 | Niue | 15.3kilograms per person |
| 24 | Rwanda | 15.3kilograms per person |
| 25 | Guatemala | 15.2kilograms per person |
| 26 | Namibia | 14.8kilograms per person |
| 27 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.7kilograms per person |
| 28 | Nicaragua | 14.7kilograms per person |
| 29 | Maldives | 14.5kilograms per person |
| 30 | El Salvador | 14.3kilograms per person |
| 31 | Anguilla | 14.1kilograms per person |
| 32 | Comoros | 14.0kilograms per person |
| 33 | Republic of the Congo | 14.0kilograms per person |
| 34 | Timor-Leste | 14.0kilograms per person |
| 35 | Thailand | 13.9kilograms per person |
| 36 | Uganda | 13.9kilograms per person |
| 37 | Myanmar | 13.6kilograms per person |
| 38 | Somalia | 13.6kilograms per person |
| 39 | Papua New Guinea | 13.4kilograms per person |
| 40 | North Korea | 13.3kilograms per person |
| 41 | Benin | 13.3kilograms per person |
| 42 | Solomon Islands | 13.2kilograms per person |
| 43 | Senegal | 13.0kilograms per person |
| 44 | Chad | 12.7kilograms per person |
| 45 | Botswana | 12.7kilograms per person |
| 46 | United Republic of Tanzania | 12.6kilograms per person |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 12.6kilograms per person |
| 48 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 12.6kilograms per person |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 12.6kilograms per person |
| 50 | Honduras | 12.5kilograms per person |
| 51 | Eritrea | 12.4kilograms per person |
| 52 | Indonesia | 12.4kilograms per person |
| 53 | Samoa | 12.2kilograms per person |
| 54 | Ghana | 12.0kilograms per person |
| 55 | Liberia | 11.9kilograms per person |
| 56 | Sudan | 11.9kilograms per person |
| 57 | Burundi | 11.9kilograms per person |
| 58 | Uzbekistan | 11.7kilograms per person |
| 59 | Togo | 11.7kilograms per person |
| 60 | Afghanistan | 11.7kilograms per person |
| 61 | Russian Federation | 11.7kilograms per person |
| 62 | Kenya | 11.5kilograms per person |
| 63 | Jordan | 11.4kilograms per person |
| 64 | Zambia | 11.4kilograms per person |
| 65 | Turkmenistan | 11.4kilograms per person |
| 66 | Republic of The Gambia | 11.3kilograms per person |
| 67 | Pakistan | 11.3kilograms per person |
| 68 | Marshall Islands | 11.3kilograms per person |
| 69 | Guinea-Bissau | 11.2kilograms per person |
| 70 | Dominica | 11.2kilograms per person |
| 71 | Palau | 11.0kilograms per person |
| 72 | Kiribati | 10.9kilograms per person |
| 73 | Tonga | 10.7kilograms per person |
| 74 | Tunisia | 10.7kilograms per person |
| 75 | Morocco | 10.5kilograms per person |
| 76 | Bangladesh | 10.5kilograms per person |
| 77 | Zimbabwe | 10.4kilograms per person |
| 78 | Mozambique | 10.4kilograms per person |
| 79 | South Africa | 10.4kilograms per person |
| 80 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10.4kilograms per person |
| 81 | Wallis and Futuna | 10.3kilograms per person |
| 82 | Tuvalu | 10.1kilograms per person |
| 83 | Yemen | 10.1kilograms per person |
| 84 | Mayotte | 10.1kilograms per person |
| 85 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.1kilograms per person |
| 86 | Mongolia | 9.9kilograms per person |
| 87 | Cape Verde | 9.8kilograms per person |
| 88 | Mali | 9.7kilograms per person |
| 89 | Panama | 9.6kilograms per person |
| 90 | Ukraine | 9.5kilograms per person |
| 91 | Central African Republic | 9.5kilograms per person |
| 92 | Montenegro | 9.2kilograms per person |
| 93 | Tokelau | 9.1kilograms per person |
| 94 | Malawi | 8.9kilograms per person |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 8.8kilograms per person |
| 96 | Venezuela | 8.8kilograms per person |
| 97 | Algeria | 8.7kilograms per person |
| 98 | Guyana | 8.7kilograms per person |
| 99 | Burkina Faso | 8.6kilograms per person |
| 100 | Western Sahara | 8.5kilograms per person |
| 101 | Jamaica | 8.4kilograms per person |
| 102 | Peru | 8.2kilograms per person |
| 103 | Nepal | 8.1kilograms per person |
| 104 | Vietnam | 7.8kilograms per person |
| 105 | Argentina | 7.8kilograms per person |
| 106 | Albania | 7.8kilograms per person |
| 107 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 7.7kilograms per person |
| 108 | Lebanon | 7.7kilograms per person |
| 109 | Egypt | 7.5kilograms per person |
| 110 | Georgia | 7.4kilograms per person |
| 111 | Philippines | 7.4kilograms per person |
| 112 | Romania | 7.3kilograms per person |
| 113 | Sierra Leone | 7.3kilograms per person |
| 114 | Bulgaria | 7.3kilograms per person |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 7.2kilograms per person |
| 116 | Bhutan | 7.0kilograms per person |
| 117 | Suriname | 6.9kilograms per person |
| 118 | Brazil | 6.8kilograms per person |
| 119 | Fiji | 6.8kilograms per person |
| 120 | Madagascar | 6.8kilograms per person |
| 121 | Bolivia | 6.7kilograms per person |
| 122 | India | 6.6kilograms per person |
| 123 | Saint Lucia | 6.6kilograms per person |
| 124 | Guinea | 6.5kilograms per person |
| 125 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 6.4kilograms per person |
| 126 | Mexico | 6.1kilograms per person |
| 127 | Libya | 6.1kilograms per person |
| 128 | Malaysia | 6.0kilograms per person |
| 129 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.8kilograms per person |
| 130 | Türkiye | 5.8kilograms per person |
| 131 | Belarus | 5.8kilograms per person |
| 132 | Moldova, Republic of | 5.7kilograms per person |
| 133 | State of Palestine | 5.7kilograms per person |
| 134 | Armenia | 5.7kilograms per person |
| 135 | Grenada | 5.6kilograms per person |
| 136 | Ethiopia | 5.6kilograms per person |
| 137 | American Samoa | 5.2kilograms per person |
| 138 | Ecuador | 5.0kilograms per person |
| 139 | Niger | 5.0kilograms per person |
| 140 | Costa Rica | 4.7kilograms per person |
| 141 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.6kilograms per person |
| 142 | Montserrat | 4.4kilograms per person |
| 143 | Cuba | 4.3kilograms per person |
| 144 | Gabon | 3.4kilograms per person |
| 145 | French Guiana | 3.2kilograms per person |
| 146 | Colombia | 3.0kilograms per person |
| 147 | Greenland | 3.0kilograms per person |
| 148 | People's Republic of China | 2.0kilograms per person |
| 149 | Mauritius | 2.0kilograms per person |
| 150 | Saint Martin (French part) | 1.9kilograms per person |
| 151 | Seychelles | 1.2kilograms per person |
| 152 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.9kilograms per person |
| 153 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.9kilograms per person |
| 154 | Virgin Islands, British | 0.8kilograms per person |
| 155 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 0.8kilograms per person |
| 156 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.8kilograms per person |
| 157 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.7kilograms per person |
| 158 | Oman | 0.7kilograms per person |
| 159 | Aruba | 0.6kilograms per person |
| 160 | Guadeloupe | 0.6kilograms per person |
| 161 | Curaçao | 0.6kilograms per person |
| 162 | Bahamas | 0.6kilograms per person |
| 163 | Chile | 0.6kilograms per person |
| 164 | Puerto Rico | 0.6kilograms per person |
| 165 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.5kilograms per person |
| 166 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.5kilograms per person |
| 167 | Martinique | 0.5kilograms per person |
| 168 | Latvia | 0.5kilograms per person |
| 169 | Lithuania | 0.5kilograms per person |
| 170 | Barbados | 0.5kilograms per person |
| 171 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.5kilograms per person |
| 172 | Nauru | 0.5kilograms per person |
| 173 | Cayman Islands | 0.5kilograms per person |
| 174 | Saint Barthélemy | 0.5kilograms per person |
| 175 | Reunion | 0.4kilograms per person |
| 176 | New Caledonia | 0.3kilograms per person |
| 177 | Cook Islands | 0.3kilograms per person |
| 178 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 0.3kilograms per person |
| 179 | Faroe Islands | 0.3kilograms per person |
| 180 | Uruguay | 0.3kilograms per person |
| 181 | Hungary | 0.3kilograms per person |
| 182 | Slovenia | 0.3kilograms per person |
| 183 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.2kilograms per person |
| 184 | Guam | 0.2kilograms per person |
| 185 | Croatia | 0.2kilograms per person |
| 186 | Slovakia | 0.2kilograms per person |
| 187 | French Polynesia | 0.2kilograms per person |
| 188 | Poland | 0.2kilograms per person |
| 189 | Greece | 0.2kilograms per person |
| 190 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.2kilograms per person |
| 191 | Estonia | 0.2kilograms per person |
| 192 | Andorra | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 193 | Czech Republic | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 194 | United States of America | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 195 | San Marino | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 196 | Austria | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 197 | France | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 198 | Ireland | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 199 | Spain | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 200 | Italy | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 201 | Bermuda | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 202 | Liechtenstein | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 203 | Finland | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 204 | Guernsey | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 205 | Cyprus | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 206 | Portugal | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 207 | Luxembourg | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 208 | Denmark | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 209 | Isle of Man | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 210 | New Zealand | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 211 | Belgium | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 212 | Norway | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 213 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 214 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 215 | Jersey | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 216 | Germany | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 217 | Sweden | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 218 | Iceland | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 219 | Australia | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 220 | Switzerland | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 221 | Canada | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 222 | Israel | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 223 | United Kingdom | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 224 | Netherlands | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 225 | Malta | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 226 | Kuwait | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 227 | Qatar | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 228 | Taiwan, Province of China | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 229 | South Korea | 0.1kilograms per person |
| 230 | Japan | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 231 | Hong Kong | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 232 | Monaco | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 233 | Bahrain | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 234 | Macao | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 235 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 236 | Singapore | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 237 | Gibraltar | 0.0kilograms per person |
Showing 237 of 237 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2020).
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