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Plastic waste generation (tonnes, total) by country 2010 | worldgovdata
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Plastic waste generation (tonnes, total)
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1
China
59.08M
2
United States
37.83M
3
Germany
14.48M
4
Brazil
11.85M
5
Japan
7.99M
6
Pakistan
6.41M
7
Nigeria
5.96M
8
Russian Federation
5.84M
9
Turkiye
5.6M
10
Egypt, Arab Rep.
5.46M
11
Indonesia
5.05M
12
United Kingdom
4.93M
13
Spain
4.71M
14
France
4.56M
15
India
4.49M
16
South Africa
4.47M
17
Iran, Islamic Rep.
3.92M
18
Mexico
3.73M
19
Thailand
3.53M
20
Viet Nam
3.27M
21
Italy
2.9M
22
Argentina
2.75M
23
Venezuela, RB
2.67M
24
Sri Lanka
2.62M
25
Netherlands
2.57M
26
Philippines
2.57M
27
Colombia
2.41M
28
Malaysia
2.03M
29
Korea, Rep.
2.03M
30
Algeria
1.9M
31
Bangladesh
1.89M
32
Trinidad and Tobago
1.75M
33
Ukraine
1.72M
34
Saudi Arabia
1.56M
35
Peru
1.54M
36
Guatemala
1.5M
37
Myanmar
1.37M
38
Syrian Arab Republic
1.37M
39
Poland
1.35M
40
Sudan
1.29M
41
Iraq
1.16M
42
Canada
1.15M
43
Congo, Dem. Rep.
1.06M
44
Portugal
1.02M
45
Hong Kong SAR, China
1.02M
46
Australia
900,658
47
Yemen, Rep.
887,497
48
Morocco
863,555
49
Israel
826,436
50
Greece
811,858
51
Ecuador
801,321
52
Cote d'Ivoire
766,988
53
Kuwait
750,690
54
Chile
738,106
55
Ireland
715,716
56
United Arab Emirates
600,741
57
Honduras
565,317
58
Tunisia
559,235
59
Angola
528,843
60
New Zealand
525,630
61
Dominican Republic
520,238
62
Norway
499,682
63
Senegal
485,586
64
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
484,700
65
Finland
458,084
66
Costa Rica
428,029
67
Bulgaria
415,707
68
Kenya
407,506
69
Croatia
406,347
70
Tanzania
386,998
71
Jordan
377,506
72
Cuba
368,154
73
Singapore
359,483
74
Ghana
357,877
75
Cambodia
344,698
76
Puerto Rico (US)
342,306
77
Cameroon
335,305
78
El Salvador
330,763
79
Haiti
328,487
80
Libya
324,250
81
Belgium
318,151
82
Romania
310,385
83
Uruguay
310,379
84
Nicaragua
299,480
85
Papua New Guinea
267,234
86
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
237,569
87
Bosnia and Herzegovina
195,633
88
Panama
192,818
89
Sweden
164,305
90
Guyana
159,681
91
Lithuania
149,227
92
Lebanon
148,807
93
Benin
144,382
94
Togo
135,294
95
Mozambique
132,612
96
Madagascar
123,526
97
Liberia
121,050
98
Guinea
118,196
99
Namibia
114,222
100
Congo, Rep.
110,479
101
Slovenia
108,421
102
Mauritius
104,971
103
Qatar
103,933
104
Cyprus
100,713
105
Georgia
97,443
106
Sierra Leone
96,655
107
Denmark
95,171
108
Latvia
94,935
109
Oman
93,251
110
West Bank and Gaza
87,636
111
Estonia
85,534
112
Albania
73,364
113
Macao SAR, China
72,126
114
Eritrea
72,120
115
Bahrain
59,785
116
Fiji
59,324
117
Mauritania
59,287
118
Barbados
58,164
119
Bahamas, The
51,364
120
Comoros
50,599
121
Equatorial Guinea
49,990
122
Maldives
43,134
123
Jamaica
34,962
124
St. Lucia
32,882
125
Iceland
32,620
126
Montenegro
32,557
127
Malta
32,377
128
Gabon
32,329
129
Djibouti
31,999
130
Suriname
31,300
131
Guinea-Bissau
30,666
132
Gambia, The
29,646
133
Vanuatu
25,443
134
French Polynesia
24,634
135
New Caledonia
22,995
136
Antigua and Barbuda
22,804
137
Belize
20,191
138
Solomon Islands
19,842
139
Guam
14,666
140
Curacao
13,678
141
Grenada
12,417
142
St. Kitts and Nevis
12,280
143
Cabo Verde
11,919
144
Seychelles
11,730
145
Aruba
9,352
146
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
8,818
147
Tonga
8,476
148
Samoa
7,000
149
Sao Tome and Principe
6,571
150
Bermuda
5,990
151
Greenland
5,234
152
Cayman Islands
5,106
153
Northern Mariana Islands
5,006
154
Faroe Islands
4,466
155
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
3,895
156
Dominica
3,885
157
Kiribati
3,859
158
Brunei Darussalam
3,688
159
Marshall Islands
3,674
160
Monaco
3,412
161
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
3,263
162
Gibraltar
3,053
163
Turks and Caicos Islands
2,851
164
British Virgin Islands
2,504
165
Palau
1,076
166
Tuvalu
554
167
Naoero
527
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