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Material footprint per capita (tonnes)
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158 countries · 1970–2024
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Country
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Value
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1
Qatar
76.3
2
Luxembourg
75.3
3
Singapore
54.4
4
Belgium
47.2
5
Kuwait
41.6
6
Switzerland
40.7
7
Canada
40.4
8
United Arab Emirates
40.4
9
Panama
39.4
10
Oman
39.1
11
Norway
38.1
12
Israel
34.1
13
Iceland
33.5
14
Netherlands
33.3
15
New Zealand
32.9
16
Finland
32
17
United States
31.6
18
Australia
31.1
19
Ireland
30.3
20
Estonia
30
21
Denmark
26.7
22
Austria
26.3
23
China
25.6
24
Cyprus
25.4
25
Latvia
25.2
26
Bhutan
25.2
27
Bahrain
25.1
28
Mongolia
24.9
29
Germany
24.8
30
Lithuania
24.5
31
Korea, Rep.
24.3
32
Sweden
24.3
33
Saudi Arabia
23.7
34
Malaysia
21.8
35
Slovenia
21.5
36
Turkiye
21.3
37
Malta
21
38
Brunei Darussalam
20.7
39
Czechia
20.6
40
Hungary
19.7
41
Romania
19.4
42
Japan
18.1
43
France
18
44
United Kingdom
17.7
45
Kazakhstan
17.4
46
Serbia
17.2
47
Slovak Republic
17
48
Bahamas, The
16.8
49
Brazil
16.7
50
Bulgaria
16.6
51
Argentina
16.5
52
Italy
16.5
53
Bosnia and Herzegovina
16.1
54
Croatia
16
55
Poland
15
56
Greece
14.8
57
Portugal
14.8
58
Chile
14.7
59
Paraguay
14.5
60
Spain
14.5
61
Cote d'Ivoire
13.7
62
Libya
13.2
63
Namibia
13
64
Thailand
12.2
65
Viet Nam
12.2
66
Georgia
12
67
Bolivia
11.9
68
Russian Federation
11.8
69
Turkmenistan
11.7
70
Mexico
11.3
71
Djibouti
11.3
72
Costa Rica
11
73
Belize
10.9
74
Lebanon
10.6
75
Albania
10.4
76
Venezuela, RB
10.3
77
Belarus
10.3
78
Lao PDR
9.9
79
Ukraine
9.9
80
North Macedonia
9.6
81
Uruguay
9.6
82
Moldova
9.3
83
El Salvador
9.1
84
Algeria
9
85
Philippines
9
86
Cambodia
8.9
87
Nicaragua
8.7
88
Colombia
8.5
89
Guatemala
8.4
90
Dominican Republic
8.3
91
Armenia
8.2
92
Nepal
8.1
93
Chad
8
94
Indonesia
7.9
95
Jordan
7.6
96
Tunisia
7.4
97
Azerbaijan
7
98
Ecuador
6.9
99
Cuba
6.8
100
Peru
6.6
101
Ghana
6.1
102
Morocco
6
103
Iran, Islamic Rep.
6
104
South Africa
5.8
105
Honduras
5.8
106
Mauritania
5.8
107
Senegal
5.5
108
India
5.4
109
Jamaica
5.3
110
Uzbekistan
5.2
111
Botswana
5.2
112
West Bank and Gaza
4.9
113
Kenya
4.9
114
Gabon
4.4
115
Bangladesh
4.4
116
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
4.3
117
Myanmar
4.3
118
Tanzania
4.3
119
Sudan
4.1
120
Guinea
4.1
121
Sri Lanka
4.1
122
Cameroon
4
123
Egypt, Arab Rep.
3.9
124
Uganda
3.9
125
Equatorial Guinea
3.9
126
Pakistan
3.8
127
Niger
3.7
128
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
3.7
129
Tajikistan
3.7
130
Benin
3.5
131
Congo, Rep.
3.5
132
Ethiopia
3.5
133
Malawi
3.5
134
Rwanda
3.4
135
Kyrgyz Republic
3.4
136
Zimbabwe
3.2
137
Iraq
3.2
138
Nigeria
3.2
139
Mali
3.2
140
Gambia, The
3.1
141
Sierra Leone
3
142
Angola
2.9
143
Central African Republic
2.9
144
Zambia
2.7
145
Togo
2.5
146
Haiti
2.5
147
Eritrea
2.4
148
South Sudan
2.4
149
Papua New Guinea
2.3
150
Mozambique
2.3
151
Syrian Arab Republic
2.1
152
Madagascar
2
153
Burkina Faso
2
154
Congo, Dem. Rep.
1.8
155
Yemen, Rep.
1.6
156
Liberia
1.6
157
Burundi
1.6
158
Afghanistan
1.2
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