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Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2018; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•140 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
354.0tonnes
Median: 42.1tonnes
Countries Covered
140
with available data
Highest
People's Republic of China
6,750.7tonnes
Lowest
Reunion
0.0tonnes
Top 5 Countries
1People's Republic of China6,750.7tonnes
2Peru3,732.9tonnes
3Russian Federation3,082.2tonnes
4Indonesia2,889.3tonnes
5United States of America2,645.9tonnes
By Region
North America1,009.9tonnes(4 countries)
Asia978.8tonnes(21 countries)
South America832.8tonnes(7 countries)
Europe352.3tonnes(24 countries)
Africa306.8tonnes(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0tonnes)High (6,750.7tonnes)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 354.0tonnes)

North America (4)
Asia (21)
South America (7)
Europe (24)
Africa (4)
Oceania (2)
Other (78)

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 2018; 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 China6,750.7tonnes
2Peru3,732.9tonnes
3Russian Federation3,082.2tonnes
4Indonesia2,889.3tonnes
5United States of America2,645.9tonnes
6Italy2,493.9tonnes
7Thailand2,223.0tonnes
8Norway2,153.6tonnes
9India1,818.7tonnes
10Japan1,613.4tonnes
11Vietnam1,519.0tonnes
12Fiji1,143.8tonnes
13Chile1,125.9tonnes
14Malaysia1,060.9tonnes
15Kiribati1,035.3tonnes
16Mexico991.7tonnes
17Morocco728.3tonnes
18Portugal697.4tonnes
19South Korea677.2tonnes
20Myanmar572.9tonnes
21Argentina563.5tonnes
22Spain510.3tonnes
23Mauritania473.7tonnes
24Iceland397.0tonnes
25Canada396.7tonnes
26Bangladesh396.0tonnes
27United Kingdom353.0tonnes
28Pakistan345.7tonnes
29Hong Kong304.4tonnes
30Oman303.5tonnes
31Netherlands295.1tonnes
32Solomon Islands288.6tonnes
33Islamic Republic of Iran280.5tonnes
34South Africa278.9tonnes
35Namibia264.5tonnes
36Brazil264.3tonnes
37Türkiye260.2tonnes
38Poland257.9tonnes
39Taiwan, Province of China253.5tonnes
40Denmark253.3tonnes
41Faroe Islands244.4tonnes
42France228.7tonnes
43Tuvalu213.8tonnes
44Senegal201.4tonnes
45Angola196.1tonnes
46New Zealand192.5tonnes
47Yemen156.3tonnes
48Venezuela143.0tonnes
49Germany121.9tonnes
50Georgia120.2tonnes
51Ireland108.0tonnes
52Sweden105.2tonnes
53Ecuador103.2tonnes
54Marshall Islands103.0tonnes
55Greenland99.4tonnes
56Cambodia99.3tonnes
57Philippines98.5tonnes
58Sri Lanka88.9tonnes
59Australia85.4tonnes
60Estonia84.8tonnes
61Finland84.3tonnes
62Latvia82.0tonnes
63Lithuania61.1tonnes
64Ukraine57.0tonnes
65Panama52.5tonnes
66Greece50.3tonnes
67Madagascar49.5tonnes
68Tunisia49.4tonnes
69Cape Verde44.8tonnes
70Croatia42.9tonnes
71Saudi Arabia41.4tonnes
72Sierra Leone41.2tonnes
73Guinea38.8tonnes
74Malta38.4tonnes
75United Arab Emirates37.0tonnes
76Uruguay35.1tonnes
77Belize33.8tonnes
78Algeria23.8tonnes
79Samoa22.3tonnes
80Republic of The Gambia18.2tonnes
81Palau16.7tonnes
82Libya15.4tonnes
83Belgium11.9tonnes
84El Salvador11.8tonnes
85Cuba11.3tonnes
86Togo9.9tonnes
87North Korea9.8tonnes
88Republic of the Congo9.5tonnes
89Bulgaria6.1tonnes
90Albania5.6tonnes
91Liberia5.4tonnes
92Guatemala5.0tonnes
93Colombia4.4tonnes
94Equatorial Guinea4.0tonnes
95Eritrea3.6tonnes
96Cameroon3.1tonnes
97Vanuatu3.0tonnes
98Trinidad and Tobago3.0tonnes
99Guam2.4tonnes
100Brunei Darussalam2.2tonnes
101Gabon2.1tonnes
102Benin1.9tonnes
103Suriname1.5tonnes
104Dominican Republic1.2tonnes
105Montenegro1.0tonnes
106Singapore0.7tonnes
107Haiti0.6tonnes
108Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.6tonnes
109Sao Tome and Principe0.6tonnes
110Guadeloupe0.5tonnes
111Saint Pierre and Miquelon0.5tonnes
112Nicaragua0.4tonnes
113Democratic Republic of the Congo0.3tonnes
114Saint Lucia0.3tonnes
115Martinique0.2tonnes
116Romania0.2tonnes
117Puerto Rico0.2tonnes
118Israel0.1tonnes
119Slovenia0.1tonnes
120Honduras0.1tonnes
121State of Palestine0.1tonnes
122Syrian Arab Republic0.1tonnes
123Jamaica0.1tonnes
124Virgin Islands, British0.1tonnes
125Maldives0.1tonnes
126Barbados0.1tonnes
127Turks and Caicos Islands0.1tonnes
128Aruba0.1tonnes
129Saint Kitts and Nevis0.1tonnes
130Anguilla0.0tonnes
131Qatar0.0tonnes
132Falkland Islands (Malvinas)0.0tonnes
133Bermuda0.0tonnes
134Bosnia and Herzegovina0.0tonnes
135Curaçao0.0tonnes
136Grenada0.0tonnes
137Virgin Islands, U.S.0.0tonnes
138Dominica0.0tonnes
139Montserrat0.0tonnes
140Reunion0.0tonnes
Showing 140 of 140 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2018).

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