Share of global plastic waste emitted to the ocean, 2019
Annual estimate of plastic emissions. A country's total does not include waste that is exported overseas, which may be at higher risk of entering the ocean.
Share of global plastic waste emitted to the ocean percent
Country/area | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Albania | 0.16% |
| Algeria | 0.59% |
| Angola | 0.09% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0.00% |
| Argentina | 0.42% |
| Australia | 0.00% |
| Bahamas | 0.00% |
| Bahrain | 0.00% |
| Bangladesh | 2.52% |
| Barbados | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0.00% |
| Belize | 0.04% |
| Benin | 0.17% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 3.86% |
| Brunei | 0.01% |
| Bulgaria | 0.00% |
| Burkina Faso | 0.00% |
| Cambodia | 0.11% |
| Cameroon | 1.09% |
| Canada | 0.02% |
| Cape Verde | 0.00% |
| Chile | 0.03% |
| China | 7.22% |
| Colombia | 0.04% |
| Comoros | 0.00% |
| Congo | 0.07% |
| Costa Rica | 0.05% |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 0.49% |
| Croatia | 0.02% |
| Cyprus | 0.00% |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.04% |
| Denmark | 0.00% |
| Djibouti | 0.00% |
| Dominica | 0.01% |
| Dominican Republic | 0.64% |
| East Timor | 0.07% |
| Ecuador | 0.12% |
| Egypt | 0.25% |
| El Salvador | 0.08% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0.04% |
| Eritrea | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0.00% |
| Fiji | 0.04% |
| Finland | 0.00% |
| France | 0.02% |
| French Guiana | 0.00% |
| Gabon | 0.05% |
| Gambia | 0.04% |
| Georgia | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0.01% |
| Ghana | 0.43% |
| Greece | 0.02% |
| Grenada | 0.01% |
| Guadeloupe | 0.00% |
| Guatemala | 0.73% |
| Guinea | 0.24% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0.03% |
| Guyana | 0.13% |
| Haiti | 0.71% |
| Honduras | 0.25% |
| Hong Kong | 0.01% |
| Iceland | 0.00% |
| India | 12.92% |
| Indonesia | 5.75% |
| Iran | 0.09% |
| Iraq | 0.01% |
| Ireland | 0.01% |
| Israel | 0.00% |
| Italy | 0.04% |
| Jamaica | 0.24% |
| Japan | 0.19% |
| Jordan | 0.00% |
| Kazakhstan | 0.00% |
| Kenya | 0.03% |
| Kiribati | 0.00% |
| Kuwait | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0.00% |
| Lebanon | 0.07% |
| Lesotho | 0.00% |
| Liberia | 0.27% |
| Libya | 0.09% |
| Lithuania | 0.00% |
| Madagascar | 0.08% |
| Malaysia | 7.46% |
| Maldives | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0.00% |
| Marshall Islands | 0.00% |
| Martinique | 0.00% |
| Mauritania | 0.01% |
| Mauritius | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0.36% |
| Monaco | 0.00% |
| Montenegro | 0.00% |
| Morocco | 0.18% |
| Mozambique | 0.26% |
| Myanmar | 0.26% |
| Namibia | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0.03% |
| New Zealand | 0.01% |
| Nicaragua | 0.15% |
| Nigeria | 1.90% |
| North Korea | 0.01% |
| Norway | 0.00% |
| Oman | 0.00% |
| Pakistan | 0.09% |
| Palau | 0.00% |
| Palestine | 0.01% |
| Panama | 0.53% |
| Papua New Guinea | 0.31% |
| Peru | 0.03% |
| Philippines | 36.38% |
| Poland | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0.01% |
| Puerto Rico | 0.01% |
| Qatar | 0.00% |
| Reunion | 0.00% |
| Romania | 0.01% |
| Russia | 0.06% |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.00% |
| Saint Lucia | 0.05% |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.01% |
| Samoa | 0.00% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0.01% |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.00% |
| Senegal | 0.02% |
| Seychelles | 0.00% |
| Sierra Leone | 0.37% |
| Singapore | 0.02% |
| Slovakia | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0.00% |
| Solomon Islands | 0.01% |
| Somalia | 0.00% |
| South Africa | 0.44% |
| South Korea | 0.04% |
| Spain | 0.02% |
| Sri Lanka | 0.99% |
| Sudan | 0.01% |
| Suriname | 0.17% |
| Sweden | 0.00% |
| Syria | 0.00% |
| Taiwan | 0.05% |
| Tanzania | 0.59% |
| Thailand | 2.33% |
| Togo | 0.04% |
| Tonga | 0.00% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0.36% |
| Tunisia | 0.07% |
| Turkey | 1.46% |
| Ukraine | 0.09% |
| United Arab Emirates | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0.07% |
| United States | 0.25% |
| Uruguay | 0.10% |
| Venezuela | 0.61% |
| Vietnam | 2.88% |
| Western Sahara | 0.00% |
| Yemen | 0.03% |
| Zimbabwe | 0.00% |
| Other | |
| Africa | 7.99% |
| Asia | 80.99% |
| EU-27 | 0.22% |
| Europe | 0.60% |
| Macau | 0.03% |
| Micronesia | 0.00% |
| North America | 4.50% |
| Oceania | 0.37% |
| Saint Martin | 0.00% |
| Sint Maarten | 0.00% |
| South America | 5.51% |
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