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World Municipal waste generated per person Ranking Map In the available data, British Virgin Islands has the highest recorded value at 4.18 kg/person/day (rank #1); Japan ranks #110 at 0.88 kg/person/day. Coverage: 215 countries and territories. Reference years: British Virgin Islands 2022; Japan 2022. This is projected municipal solid waste generated per person in 2022, not the amount collected or treated, and normally excludes industrial waste.
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Compare municipal waste generated per person across the world. Compare municipal waste generated per person by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.
Japan 0.88 kg/person/day
Japan, world rank 110 for Municipal waste generated per person, 0.88 kg/person/day
Fiji: 0.55 kg/person/day Tanzania: 0.66 kg/person/day Western Sahara: No data Canada: 2.26 kg/person/day United States: 2.21 kg/person/day Kazakhstan: 0.55 kg/person/day Uzbekistan: 0.54 kg/person/day Papua New Guinea: 0.45 kg/person/day Indonesia: 0.53 kg/person/day Argentina: 1.17 kg/person/day Chile: 1.22 kg/person/day Democratic Republic of the Congo: 0.62 kg/person/day Somalia: 0.13 kg/person/day Kenya: 0.18 kg/person/day Sudan: 0.42 kg/person/day Chad: 0.15 kg/person/day Haiti: 0.66 kg/person/day Dominican Republic: 1.08 kg/person/day Russia: 0.86 kg/person/day Bahamas: 3.59 kg/person/day Falkland Islands: No data Norway: 2.12 kg/person/day Greenland: 2.05 kg/person/day Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: 0.41 kg/person/day South Africa: 0.35 kg/person/day Lesotho: 0.22 kg/person/day Mexico: 1.04 kg/person/day Uruguay: 1.03 kg/person/day Brazil: 1.07 kg/person/day Bolivia: 0.69 kg/person/day Peru: 0.86 kg/person/day Colombia: 0.77 kg/person/day Panama: 1.29 kg/person/day Costa Rica: 0.89 kg/person/day Nicaragua: 0.64 kg/person/day Honduras: 0.89 kg/person/day El Salvador: 0.69 kg/person/day Guatemala: 1.04 kg/person/day Belize: 0.79 kg/person/day Venezuela: 0.81 kg/person/day Guyana: 0.87 kg/person/day Suriname: 0.62 kg/person/day France: 1.52 kg/person/day Ecuador: 0.81 kg/person/day Puerto Rico: 2.21 kg/person/day Jamaica: 1.22 kg/person/day Cuba: 1.14 kg/person/day Zimbabwe: 0.46 kg/person/day Botswana: 0.3 kg/person/day Namibia: 0.71 kg/person/day Senegal: 0.49 kg/person/day Mali: 0.21 kg/person/day Mauritania: 0.32 kg/person/day Benin: 0.3 kg/person/day Niger: 0.2 kg/person/day Nigeria: 0.57 kg/person/day Cameroon: 0.6 kg/person/day Togo: 0.11 kg/person/day Ghana: 0.33 kg/person/day Côte d’Ivoire: 0.48 kg/person/day Guinea: 0.31 kg/person/day Guinea-Bissau: 0.2 kg/person/day Liberia: 0.14 kg/person/day Sierra Leone: 0.15 kg/person/day Burkina Faso: 0.06 kg/person/day Central African Republic: 0.73 kg/person/day Republic of the Congo: 0.39 kg/person/day Gabon: 0.49 kg/person/day Equatorial Guinea: 0.31 kg/person/day Zambia: 0.6 kg/person/day Malawi: 0.46 kg/person/day Mozambique: 0.34 kg/person/day Eswatini: 0.61 kg/person/day Angola: 0.63 kg/person/day Burundi: 0.08 kg/person/day Israel: 1.88 kg/person/day Lebanon: 0.99 kg/person/day Madagascar: 0.33 kg/person/day Palestine: 0.83 kg/person/day Gambia: 0.41 kg/person/day Tunisia: 0.67 kg/person/day Algeria: 0.87 kg/person/day Jordan: 0.93 kg/person/day United Arab Emirates: 1.26 kg/person/day Qatar: 1.28 kg/person/day Kuwait: 2.21 kg/person/day Iraq: 1.14 kg/person/day Oman: 2 kg/person/day Vanuatu: 0.36 kg/person/day Cambodia: 0.83 kg/person/day Thailand: 1.02 kg/person/day Laos: 0.17 kg/person/day Myanmar: 0.33 kg/person/day Vietnam: 0.58 kg/person/day North Korea: No data South Korea: 1.22 kg/person/day Mongolia: 1.36 kg/person/day India: 0.41 kg/person/day Bangladesh: 0.52 kg/person/day Bhutan: 0.21 kg/person/day Nepal: 0.18 kg/person/day Pakistan: 0.55 kg/person/day Afghanistan: 0.22 kg/person/day Tajikistan: 0.46 kg/person/day Kyrgyzstan: 0.79 kg/person/day Turkmenistan: 0.33 kg/person/day Iran: 0.63 kg/person/day Syria: 0.53 kg/person/day Armenia: 0.51 kg/person/day Sweden: 1.09 kg/person/day Belarus: 1.19 kg/person/day Ukraine: 0.69 kg/person/day Poland: 0.97 kg/person/day Austria: 2.21 kg/person/day Hungary: 1.11 kg/person/day Moldova: 0.87 kg/person/day Romania: 0.82 kg/person/day Lithuania: 1.29 kg/person/day Latvia: 1.27 kg/person/day Estonia: 1.02 kg/person/day Germany: 1.63 kg/person/day Bulgaria: 1.35 kg/person/day Greece: 1.42 kg/person/day Türkiye: 0.95 kg/person/day Albania: 0.74 kg/person/day Croatia: 1.29 kg/person/day Switzerland: 1.86 kg/person/day Luxembourg: 1.98 kg/person/day Belgium: 1.87 kg/person/day Netherlands: 1.29 kg/person/day Portugal: 1.39 kg/person/day Spain: 1.64 kg/person/day Ireland: 1.76 kg/person/day New Caledonia: 1.07 kg/person/day Solomon Islands: 0.82 kg/person/day New Zealand: 1.93 kg/person/day Australia: 1.49 kg/person/day Sri Lanka: 0.34 kg/person/day China: 0.97 kg/person/day Taiwan: 1.36 kg/person/day Italy: 1.33 kg/person/day Denmark: 2.12 kg/person/day United Kingdom: 1.29 kg/person/day Iceland: 1.65 kg/person/day Azerbaijan: 1.11 kg/person/day Georgia: 0.87 kg/person/day Philippines: 0.42 kg/person/day Malaysia: 1.47 kg/person/day Brunei: 1.83 kg/person/day Slovenia: 1.38 kg/person/day Finland: 1.43 kg/person/day Slovakia: 1.31 kg/person/day Czechia: 1.54 kg/person/day Eritrea: 0.18 kg/person/day Japan: 0.88 kg/person/day Paraguay: 1.2 kg/person/day Yemen: 0.42 kg/person/day Saudi Arabia: 1.81 kg/person/day Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 1.27 kg/person/day Morocco: 0.56 kg/person/day Egypt: 0.66 kg/person/day Libya: 1.57 kg/person/day Ethiopia: 0.11 kg/person/day Djibouti: 0.46 kg/person/day Somaliland: No data Uganda: 0.62 kg/person/day Rwanda: 0.24 kg/person/day Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1.01 kg/person/day North Macedonia: 1.3 kg/person/day Serbia: 1.17 kg/person/day Montenegro: 1.53 kg/person/day Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 1.45 kg/person/day South Sudan: 0.1 kg/person/day Japan Bahamas 3 Ethiopia 211 Togo 212 South Sudan 213 Burundi 214 Burkina Faso 215 Canada Austria Puerto Rico Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Municipal waste generated per personRankings 110/215 0.88 kg/person/day
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #110 for municipal waste generated per person. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 British Virgin Islands 4.18 kg/person/day 2 Barbados 3.96 kg/person/day 3 Bahamas 3.59 kg/person/day 4 U.S. Virgin Islands 3.46 kg/person/day 5 Faroe Islands 3.28 kg/person/day
215 Burkina Faso 0.06 kg/person/day 214 Burundi 0.08 kg/person/day 213 South Sudan 0.1 kg/person/day 212 Togo 0.11 kg/person/day 211 Ethiopia 0.11 kg/person/day 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Municipal waste generated per person ranking map Compare municipal waste generated per person by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 215 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 British Virgin Islands (4.18 kg/person/day), #2 Barbados (3.96 kg/person/day), #3 Bahamas (3.59 kg/person/day)
Japan’s position World #110 (0.88 kg/person/day)
Data period 2022 All displayed observations use the reference period above. Check the source and definition before interpreting small differences.
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Municipal waste generated per person Full ranking215 countries #1 British Virgin Islands 4.18 kg/person/day Profile #2 Barbados 3.96 kg/person/day Profile #4 U.S. Virgin Islands 3.46 kg/person/day Profile #5 Faroe Islands 3.28 kg/person/day Profile #6 Cayman Islands 3.23 kg/person/day Profile #10 Bahrain 2.83 kg/person/day Profile #12 Liechtenstein 2.27 kg/person/day Profile #14 Austria 2.21 kg/person/day Profile #14 Puerto Rico 2.21 kg/person/day Profile #16 United States 2.21 kg/person/day Profile #18 Hong Kong 2.19 kg/person/day Profile #19 Denmark 2.12 kg/person/day Profile #21 Greenland 2.05 kg/person/day Profile #23 Luxembourg 1.98 kg/person/day Profile #24 St. Kitts and Nevis 1.94 kg/person/day Profile #25 New Zealand 1.93 kg/person/day Profile #27 Belgium 1.87 kg/person/day Profile #28 Switzerland 1.86 kg/person/day Profile #30 Saudi Arabia 1.81 kg/person/day Profile #33 Ireland 1.76 kg/person/day Profile #35 Northern Mariana Islands 1.73 kg/person/day Profile #36 Iceland 1.65 kg/person/day Profile #38 Germany 1.63 kg/person/day Profile #39 Isle of Man 1.61 kg/person/day Profile #42 Czechia 1.54 kg/person/day Profile #43 Montenegro 1.53 kg/person/day Profile #45 Australia 1.49 kg/person/day Profile #46 Malaysia 1.47 kg/person/day Profile #47 Seychelles 1.46 kg/person/day Profile #48 Trinidad and Tobago 1.45 kg/person/day Profile #49 Finland 1.43 kg/person/day Profile #51 San Marino 1.4 kg/person/day Profile #52 Portugal 1.39 kg/person/day Profile #53 Slovenia 1.38 kg/person/day Profile #54 Andorra 1.37 kg/person/day Profile #56 Mongolia 1.36 kg/person/day Profile #57 Marshall Islands 1.35 kg/person/day Profile #58 Bulgaria 1.35 kg/person/day Profile #60 Slovakia 1.31 kg/person/day Profile #61 North Macedonia 1.3 kg/person/day Profile #62 Croatia 1.29 kg/person/day Profile #62 Lithuania 1.29 kg/person/day Profile #64 Netherlands 1.29 kg/person/day Profile #64 United Kingdom 1.29 kg/person/day Profile #70 United Arab Emirates 1.26 kg/person/day Profile #71 St. Lucia 1.25 kg/person/day Profile #72 Gibraltar 1.24 kg/person/day Profile #73 St. Martin (French part) 1.24 kg/person/day Profile #74 Jamaica 1.22 kg/person/day Profile #76 South Korea 1.22 kg/person/day Profile #77 Paraguay 1.2 kg/person/day Profile #78 Belarus 1.19 kg/person/day Profile #79 Maldives 1.18 kg/person/day Profile #81 Argentina 1.17 kg/person/day Profile #84 Hungary 1.11 kg/person/day Profile #85 Azerbaijan 1.11 kg/person/day Profile #87 Dominican Republic 1.08 kg/person/day Profile #88 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.07 kg/person/day Profile #90 New Caledonia 1.07 kg/person/day Profile #92 Guatemala 1.04 kg/person/day Profile #93 Uruguay 1.03 kg/person/day Profile #94 Thailand 1.02 kg/person/day Profile #95 Estonia 1.02 kg/person/day Profile #96 Mauritius 1.02 kg/person/day Profile #96 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.02 kg/person/day Profile #98 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.01 kg/person/day Profile #99 Antigua and Barbuda 1 kg/person/day Profile #100 Lebanon 0.99 kg/person/day Profile #101 Poland 0.97 kg/person/day Profile #103 Türkiye 0.95 kg/person/day Profile #104 Cabo Verde 0.95 kg/person/day Profile #105 American Samoa 0.95 kg/person/day Profile #106 Jordan 0.93 kg/person/day Profile #107 Costa Rica 0.89 kg/person/day Profile #108 Honduras 0.89 kg/person/day Profile #109 Singapore 0.89 kg/person/day Profile #111 Georgia 0.87 kg/person/day Profile #112 Guyana 0.87 kg/person/day Profile #113 Algeria 0.87 kg/person/day Profile #113 Moldova 0.87 kg/person/day Profile #115 Russia 0.86 kg/person/day Profile #117 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.85 kg/person/day Profile #118 French Polynesia 0.84 kg/person/day Profile #119 Cambodia 0.83 kg/person/day Profile #120 Palestine 0.83 kg/person/day Profile #121 Romania 0.82 kg/person/day Profile #122 Solomon Islands 0.82 kg/person/day Profile #123 Ecuador 0.81 kg/person/day Profile #124 Venezuela 0.81 kg/person/day Profile #125 Grenada 0.8 kg/person/day Profile #126 Kyrgyzstan 0.79 kg/person/day Profile #127 Belize 0.79 kg/person/day Profile #128 Colombia 0.77 kg/person/day Profile #129 Albania 0.74 kg/person/day Profile #130 Central African Republic 0.73 kg/person/day Profile #131 Namibia 0.71 kg/person/day Profile #132 Ukraine 0.69 kg/person/day Profile #133 Bolivia 0.69 kg/person/day Profile #134 El Salvador 0.69 kg/person/day Profile #135 Micronesia 0.67 kg/person/day Profile #136 Tunisia 0.67 kg/person/day Profile #137 Tanzania 0.66 kg/person/day Profile #140 Nicaragua 0.64 kg/person/day Profile #141 Angola 0.63 kg/person/day Profile #143 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.62 kg/person/day Profile #144 Uganda 0.62 kg/person/day Profile #145 Suriname 0.62 kg/person/day Profile #146 Eswatini 0.61 kg/person/day Profile #147 Cameroon 0.6 kg/person/day Profile #149 Vietnam 0.58 kg/person/day Profile #150 Nigeria 0.57 kg/person/day Profile #151 Morocco 0.56 kg/person/day Profile #152 Kazakhstan 0.55 kg/person/day Profile #153 Pakistan 0.55 kg/person/day Profile #155 Uzbekistan 0.54 kg/person/day Profile #156 Dominica 0.53 kg/person/day Profile #157 Indonesia 0.53 kg/person/day Profile #159 Bangladesh 0.52 kg/person/day Profile #160 Armenia 0.51 kg/person/day Profile #161 Senegal 0.49 kg/person/day Profile #163 Côte d’Ivoire 0.48 kg/person/day Profile #164 Malawi 0.46 kg/person/day Profile #165 Djibouti 0.46 kg/person/day Profile #165 Tajikistan 0.46 kg/person/day Profile #167 Zimbabwe 0.46 kg/person/day Profile #168 Papua New Guinea 0.45 kg/person/day Profile #170 Philippines 0.42 kg/person/day Profile #172 Gambia 0.41 kg/person/day Profile #173 Timor-Leste 0.41 kg/person/day Profile #173 Tuvalu 0.41 kg/person/day Profile #176 Republic of the Congo 0.39 kg/person/day Profile #177 Comoros 0.36 kg/person/day Profile #178 Vanuatu 0.36 kg/person/day Profile #178 Sao Tome and Principe 0.36 kg/person/day Profile #180 South Africa 0.35 kg/person/day Profile #181 Sri Lanka 0.34 kg/person/day Profile #182 Mozambique 0.34 kg/person/day Profile #183 Madagascar 0.33 kg/person/day Profile #184 Myanmar 0.33 kg/person/day Profile #186 Turkmenistan 0.33 kg/person/day Profile #187 Mauritania 0.32 kg/person/day Profile #188 Kiribati 0.31 kg/person/day Profile #189 Guinea 0.31 kg/person/day Profile #190 Equatorial Guinea 0.31 kg/person/day Profile #191 Botswana 0.3 kg/person/day Profile #193 Rwanda 0.24 kg/person/day Profile #196 Afghanistan 0.22 kg/person/day Profile #197 Lesotho 0.22 kg/person/day Profile #198 Bhutan 0.21 kg/person/day Profile #201 Guinea-Bissau 0.2 kg/person/day Profile #204 Eritrea 0.18 kg/person/day Profile #207 Sierra Leone 0.15 kg/person/day Profile #208 Liberia 0.14 kg/person/day Profile #210 Somalia 0.13 kg/person/day Profile #211 Ethiopia 0.11 kg/person/day Profile #213 South Sudan 0.1 kg/person/day Profile #214 Burundi 0.08 kg/person/day Profile #215 Burkina Faso 0.06 kg/person/day Profile