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Municipal-waste plastic generation Ranking Map for 173 countries and territories Limited coverage: Countries and territories with both municipal-waste generation and plastic-share estimates from the World Bank. 173 countries and territories included; reference period: 2022.
In the available data, China has the highest recorded value at 60.8M t (rank #1); Japan ranks #8 at 6M t. Coverage: 173 countries and territories. Reference years: China 2022; Japan 2022. This multiplies projected 2022 municipal solid-waste generation by its plastic share; it excludes industrial and agricultural plastic waste.
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Compare municipal-waste plastic generation within the covered dataset. Countries and territories with both municipal-waste generation and plastic-share estimates from the World Bank.
Japan 6M t
Japan, world rank 8 for Municipal-waste plastic generation, 6M t
Fiji: 33.4K t Tanzania: 1.1M t Western Sahara: Not included in this limited dataset Canada: 3.8M t United States: 33.5M t Kazakhstan: 1M t Uzbekistan: 545.3K t Papua New Guinea: 213.4K t Indonesia: 10.3M t Argentina: 3.6M t Chile: 938.1K t Democratic Republic of the Congo: Not included in this limited dataset Somalia: Not included in this limited dataset Kenya: 496.3K t Sudan: 300.1K t Chad: 61.4K t Haiti: 350.5K t Dominican Republic: 265.2K t Russia: 6.4M t Bahamas: Not included in this limited dataset Falkland Islands: Not included in this limited dataset Norway: 370.4K t Greenland: Not included in this limited dataset Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: 19.6K t South Africa: 392.7K t Lesotho: Not included in this limited dataset Mexico: 6M t Uruguay: 220.3K t Brazil: 13.7M t Bolivia: 305.4K t Peru: 1.4M t Colombia: 1.6M t Panama: 353.4K t Costa Rica: 215K t Nicaragua: Not included in this limited dataset Honduras: 503.2K t El Salvador: 404.7K t Guatemala: 875K t Belize: 19.3K t Venezuela: 828.2K t Guyana: 37K t Suriname: 15.4K t France: 4.9M t Ecuador: 582.6K t Puerto Rico: 261.7K t Jamaica: 228.1K t Cuba: 442.8K t Zimbabwe: 409.4K t Botswana: Not included in this limited dataset Namibia: Not included in this limited dataset Senegal: 279.6K t Mali: 34.2K t Mauritania: Not included in this limited dataset Benin: 108.4K t Niger: Not included in this limited dataset Nigeria: 3.8M t Cameroon: 198K t Togo: 35K t Ghana: Not included in this limited dataset Côte d’Ivoire: Not included in this limited dataset Guinea: 62.7K t Guinea-Bissau: Not included in this limited dataset Liberia: Not included in this limited dataset Sierra Leone: Not included in this limited dataset Burkina Faso: 62.5K t Central African Republic: Not included in this limited dataset Republic of the Congo: Not included in this limited dataset Gabon: Not included in this limited dataset Equatorial Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Zambia: 609.4K t Malawi: 239.4K t Mozambique: Not included in this limited dataset Eswatini: Not included in this limited dataset Angola: 1.1M t Burundi: 30K t Israel: 1.2M t Lebanon: 258.5K t Madagascar: 211.5K t Palestine: 230.3K t Gambia: Not included in this limited dataset Tunisia: 277.2K t Algeria: 2.2M t Jordan: 565.3K t United Arab Emirates: 1.2M t Qatar: 186K t Kuwait: 707.2K t Iraq: 1.2M t Oman: 848.8K t Vanuatu: 4.2K t Cambodia: 516.8K t Thailand: 4.7M t Laos: Not included in this limited dataset Myanmar: 681.2K t Vietnam: 2.1M t North Korea: Not included in this limited dataset South Korea: 5.6M t Mongolia: 306.8K t India: 33.8M t Bangladesh: 5.6M t Bhutan: 11.3K t Nepal: 312.1K t Pakistan: 4.7M t Afghanistan: 384.1K t Tajikistan: Not included in this limited dataset Kyrgyzstan: 416.1K t Turkmenistan: 18.8K t Iran: 1.6M t Syria: 294.2K t Armenia: 69.3K t Sweden: 317.6K t Belarus: Not included in this limited dataset Ukraine: 1.2M t Poland: 2M t Austria: Not included in this limited dataset Hungary: 586.3K t Moldova: 107.2K t Romania: 763.7K t Lithuania: 167.5K t Latvia: 99.8K t Estonia: 89.1K t Germany: 4.2M t Bulgaria: 384.9K t Greece: 760.4K t Türkiye: 1.8M t Albania: 70.7K t Croatia: 421.8K t Switzerland: 417K t Luxembourg: 40.6K t Belgium: 983.1K t Netherlands: 1M t Portugal: 538.5K t Spain: 2.6M t Ireland: 518.5K t New Caledonia: Not included in this limited dataset Solomon Islands: 23.7K t New Zealand: 299.6K t Australia: 254.6K t Sri Lanka: 170.9K t China: 60.8M t Taiwan: 3M t Italy: 3.7M t Denmark: 321.3K t United Kingdom: 2.9M t Iceland: Not included in this limited dataset Azerbaijan: 378.1K t Georgia: 179K t Philippines: 1.8M t Malaysia: 4.4M t Brunei: 87.9K t Slovenia: 71.5K t Finland: 348.9K t Slovakia: 332K t Czechia: 751.5K t Eritrea: Not included in this limited dataset Japan: 6M t Paraguay: Not included in this limited dataset Yemen: 576.4K t Saudi Arabia: 2.2M t Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 90.4K t Morocco: 751.8K t Egypt: 3.5M t Libya: 309.3K t Ethiopia: 394.9K t Djibouti: Not included in this limited dataset Somaliland: No data Uganda: 168.9K t Rwanda: Not included in this limited dataset Bosnia and Herzegovina: Not included in this limited dataset North Macedonia: 121.4K t Serbia: 351.8K t Montenegro: 58.7K t Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 101.2K t South Sudan: Not included in this limited dataset Japan China 1 India 2 United States 3 Brazil 4 Indonesia 5 Russia Mexico Pakistan France Thailand Malaysia Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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× JPN Top 10% / 2022
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Municipal-waste plastic generationRankings 8/173 6M t
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #8 for municipal-waste plastic generation. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 China 60.8M t 2 India 33.8M t 3 United States 33.5M t 4 Brazil 13.7M t 5 Indonesia 10.3M t
173 Nauru 78 t 172 Tuvalu 217 t 171 Kiribati 845 t 170 Sao Tome and Principe 873 t 169 Palau 914 t 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Municipal-waste plastic generation ranking map Countries and territories with both municipal-waste generation and plastic-share estimates from the World Bank. This page orders 173 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 China (60.8M t), #2 India (33.8M t), #3 United States (33.5M t)
Japan’s position World #8 (6M t)
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 plastic generation Full ranking173 countries #36 United Arab Emirates 1.2M t Profile #93 Dominican Republic 265.2K t Profile #103 Papua New Guinea 213.4K t Profile #114 Trinidad and Tobago 101.2K t Profile #146 U.S. Virgin Islands 14.9K t Profile #148 British Virgin Islands 11.7K t Profile #151 St. Kitts and Nevis 7.7K t Profile #152 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 7.6K t Profile #153 Antigua and Barbuda 6.6K t Profile #157 Northern Mariana Islands 5.2K t Profile #160 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.9K t Profile #162 St. Martin (French part) 2.5K t Profile #164 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.8K t Profile #170 Sao Tome and Principe 873 t Profile