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Share of global mismanaged plastic waste
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154 countries
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Value
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1
India
21%
2
China
19.9%
3
Philippines
6.5%
4
Brazil
5.3%
5
Nigeria
3.2%
6
Tanzania
2.8%
7
Turkiye
2.7%
8
Egypt, Arab Rep.
2.3%
9
Congo, Dem. Rep.
2.2%
10
Thailand
2.2%
11
Pakistan
2.2%
12
Viet Nam
1.8%
13
Bangladesh
1.7%
14
Indonesia
1.3%
15
Malaysia
1.3%
16
Sudan
1.3%
17
Algeria
1.2%
18
South Africa
1.1%
19
Venezuela, RB
1.1%
20
Cameroon
0.94%
21
Zimbabwe
0.85%
22
Ghana
0.84%
23
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.8%
24
Iraq
0.8%
25
Argentina
0.75%
26
Myanmar
0.7%
27
Mozambique
0.7%
28
Mexico
0.7%
29
Ukraine
0.64%
30
Russian Federation
0.59%
31
Burkina Faso
0.51%
32
Guatemala
0.5%
33
Morocco
0.48%
34
Yemen, Rep.
0.47%
35
Cote d'Ivoire
0.47%
36
Kenya
0.47%
37
Tunisia
0.47%
38
United States
0.43%
39
Cambodia
0.4%
40
Haiti
0.39%
41
Angola
0.38%
42
Dominican Republic
0.31%
43
Libya
0.31%
44
Sri Lanka
0.25%
45
Guinea
0.24%
46
Honduras
0.24%
47
Peru
0.23%
48
Benin
0.22%
49
Jordan
0.2%
50
Togo
0.2%
51
Papua New Guinea
0.19%
52
Nicaragua
0.18%
53
Ecuador
0.18%
54
Uruguay
0.15%
55
Sierra Leone
0.15%
56
Colombia
0.14%
57
Eritrea
0.14%
58
Trinidad and Tobago
0.12%
59
Albania
0.11%
60
Senegal
0.11%
61
Congo, Rep.
0.11%
62
Comoros
0.1%
63
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.09%
64
Kazakhstan
0.09%
65
Romania
0.08%
66
Germany
0.08%
67
Jamaica
0.08%
68
Lebanon
0.08%
69
Liberia
0.06%
70
Italy
0.06%
71
Panama
0.06%
72
Japan
0.06%
73
Gambia, The
0.06%
74
Chile
0.05%
75
Lesotho
0.05%
76
United Kingdom
0.05%
77
France
0.04%
78
Guyana
0.04%
79
Madagascar
0.04%
80
Canada
0.04%
81
Suriname
0.04%
82
El Salvador
0.04%
83
Namibia
0.03%
84
Mauritania
0.03%
85
Guinea-Bissau
0.03%
86
Spain
0.03%
87
Croatia
0.03%
88
Timor-Leste
0.03%
89
Netherlands
0.02%
90
Poland
0.02%
91
Korea, Rep.
0.02%
92
Djibouti
0.02%
93
Equatorial Guinea
0.02%
94
Taiwan
0.01%
95
Saudi Arabia
0.01%
96
Israel
0.01%
97
Belize
0.01%
98
Gabon
0.01%
99
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.01%
100
Costa Rica
0.01%
101
Australia
0.01%
102
United Arab Emirates
0.01%
103
Greece
0.01%
104
St. Lucia
0.01%
105
Sweden
0.01%
106
Fiji
0.01%
107
Portugal
0.01%
108
Cabo Verde
0.01%
109
Solomon Islands
0.01%
110
Bulgaria
0.01%
111
Ireland
0%
112
Kuwait
0%
113
Finland
0%
114
Singapore
0%
115
Belgium
0%
116
Bahamas, The
0%
117
West Bank and Gaza
0%
118
Sao Tome and Principe
0%
119
Samoa
0%
120
Slovak Republic
0%
121
New Zealand
0%
122
Qatar
0%
123
Norway
0%
124
Grenada
0%
125
Puerto Rico (US)
0%
126
Oman
0%
127
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0%
128
Dominica
0%
129
Bahrain
0%
130
Lithuania
0%
131
Latvia
0%
132
Barbados
0%
133
Slovenia
0%
134
Cyprus
0%
135
Brunei Darussalam
0%
136
Tonga
0%
137
Antigua and Barbuda
0%
138
Estonia
0%
139
Syrian Arab Republic
0%
140
Denmark
0%
141
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0%
142
Georgia
0%
143
Mauritius
0%
144
Malta
0%
145
Iceland
0%
146
Palau
0%
147
St. Kitts and Nevis
0%
148
Kiribati
0%
149
Maldives
0%
150
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0%
151
Seychelles
0%
152
Marshall Islands
0%
153
Montenegro
0%
154
Monaco
0%
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