Exported beach litter originating from national land-based sources (Tonnes) by country
Countries reporting
162
Highest
3.41 million
China
Lowest
32
Belgium
Median
9,456
Years covered
6
2017–2022
Data points
1,170
What the numbers show
Exported beach litter originating from national land-based sources (Tonnes) is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 3.41 million in China; the lowest is 32 in Belgium.
The median across all reporting countries is 9,456, and the mean is 119,767.
Exported beach litter originating from national land-based … Tonnes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 3.41 million | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 2 | Philippines | 2.83 million | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 3 | India | 1.63 million | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 1.01 million | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 991,514 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 6 | Vietnam | 702,943 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 702,943 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 8 | Malaysia | 584,838 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 9 | Turkey | 555,664 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 9 | Türkiye | 555,664 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 11 | Nigeria | 537,979 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 484,039 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 13 | Thailand | 455,116 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 14 | Caribbean | 376,310 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 15 | Myanmar | 348,299 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 16 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 279,734 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 17 | Egypt | 278,179 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 18 | Algeria | 276,738 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 19 | United Republic of Tanzania | 213,605 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 20 | Uruguay | 173,035 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 21 | Haiti | 146,375 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 22 | South Africa | 146,277 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 23 | Tunisia | 142,127 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 135,400 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 25 | Mozambique | 120,690 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 26 | Ghana | 116,706 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 27 | Libya | 108,963 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 28 | Morocco | 99,639 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 29 | Melanesia | 94,461 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 30 | Pakistan | 89,717 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 80,453 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 32 | Cameroon | 72,689 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | 62,520 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 33 | Côte d'Ivoire | 62,520 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 35 | United States | 58,057 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 36 | Angola | 57,311 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 37 | Colombia | 56,249 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 38 | Mexico | 55,897 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 39 | Trinidad and Tobago | 51,226 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 40 | Peru | 49,397 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 47,109 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 42 | Comoros | 43,419 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 43 | Guatemala | 42,765 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 44 | Solomon Islands | 42,757 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 45 | Yemen | 42,631 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 46 | Ukraine | 41,467 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 47 | Nicaragua | 41,423 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 48 | Greece | 38,299 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 49 | Russia | 36,969 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 49 | Russian Federation | 36,969 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 51 | Benin | 34,837 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 52 | Jamaica | 34,343 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 53 | Togo | 34,014 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 54 | Albania | 32,245 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 55 | Ecuador | 32,153 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 56 | Honduras | 30,263 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 57 | Lebanon | 29,505 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 58 | Senegal | 27,540 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 59 | Guinea | 27,127 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 60 | Sierra Leone | 25,587 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 61 | Panama | 24,065 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 62 | Argentina | 22,255 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 63 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 21,174 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 64 | El Salvador | 20,228 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 65 | Japan | 19,169 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 66 | Guyana | 18,264 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 67 | Belize | 17,353 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 68 | Kenya | 16,233 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 69 | Gambia | 16,232 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 70 | Liberia | 15,363 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 71 | Kuwait | 15,080 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 72 | Suriname | 15,017 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 73 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 12,764 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 74 | Sudan | 12,671 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 75 | Guinea-Bissau | 12,260 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 76 | East Timor | 12,103 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 76 | Timor-Leste | 12,103 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 78 | Congo | 10,182 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 79 | Italy | 10,117 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 80 | Spain | 9,854 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 81 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 9,822 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 82 | United Kingdom | 9,090 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 82 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 9,090 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 84 | Croatia | 6,950 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 85 | South Korea | 6,873 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 85 | Republic of Korea | 6,873 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 6,673 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 88 | Eritrea | 6,337 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 89 | Equatorial Guinea | 5,776 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 90 | Chile | 5,729 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 91 | Australia and New Zealand | 4,962 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | 4,661 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 93 | Australia | 4,467 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 94 | Syria | 4,398 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 94 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4,398 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 96 | Mauritania | 4,366 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 97 | Djibouti | 4,140 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 98 | Madagascar | 4,124 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 99 | Israel | 3,437 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 100 | Fiji | 3,279 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 101 | Somalia | 3,246 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 102 | Cambodia | 3,238 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 103 | Montenegro | 3,181 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 104 | Saint Lucia | 3,110 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 105 | Romania | 2,893 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 106 | Western Sahara | 2,698 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 107 | Germany | 2,482 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 108 | Cabo Verde | 2,379 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 109 | Gabon | 2,364 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 110 | France | 1,787 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 111 | Polynesia | 1,784 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 112 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,396 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 113 | Brunei | 1,384 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 113 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,384 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 115 | Bahamas | 1,357 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 116 | Portugal | 1,334 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 117 | Samoa | 1,319 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 1,316 | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 119 | State of Palestine | 1,234 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 120 | Grenada | 979 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 121 | Qatar | 947 | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 122 | Georgia | 930 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 123 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 856 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 124 | Dominica | 760 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 125 | Sweden | 705 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 126 | Puerto Rico | 692 | 2022 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 127 | Ireland | 688 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 128 | Canada | 684 | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 129 | Barbados | 617 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 130 | Namibia | 548 | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 131 | Poland | 544 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 132 | New Zealand | 495 | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 133 | Micronesia | 488 | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 134 | Finland | 467 | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 135 | Tonga | 465 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 136 | Antigua and Barbuda | 432 | 2022 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 137 | Cyprus | 409 | 2022 | up 147.9% | rising |
| 138 | Oman | 370 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 139 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 365 | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 140 | Norway | 243 | 2022 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 141 | Maldives | 234 | 2022 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 142 | Latvia | 228 | 2022 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 143 | Bahrain | 222 | 2022 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 144 | Bulgaria | 186 | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 145 | Denmark | 180 | 2022 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 146 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 168 | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 147 | Mauritius | 166 | 2022 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 148 | Malta | 163 | 2022 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 149 | Estonia | 155 | 2022 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 150 | Reunion | 104 | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 150 | Réunion | 104 | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 152 | Lithuania | 83 | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 152 | Palau | 83 | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 154 | French Guiana | 68 | 2022 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 155 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 58 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 156 | Gibraltar | 57 | 2022 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 156 | Martinique | 57 | 2022 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 158 | Seychelles | 50 | 2022 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 159 | Guadeloupe | 48 | 2022 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 160 | Iceland | 42 | 2022 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 161 | Kiribati | 40 | 2022 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 162 | Belgium | 32 | 2022 | up 14.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 17.71 million
- Asia 12.52 million
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 9.56 million
- South-eastern Asia 5.93 million
- Eastern Asia 3.63 million
- Africa 2.55 million
- Americas 2.33 million
- Southern Asia 2.30 million
- Central and Southern Asia 2.30 million
- Latin America and the Caribbean 2.27 million
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.75 million
- South America 1.66 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.63 million
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 1.58 million
- Northern Africa 921,015
- Western Africa 916,910
- Western Asia 662,414
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 595,579
- Eastern Africa 412,114
- Europe and Northern America 269,004
- Central America 238,667
- Europe 210,263
- Middle Africa 149,886
- Southern Africa 146,825
- Southern Europe 102,200
- Oceania 101,695
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 96,733
- Eastern Europe 82,059
- Northern America 58,741
- United States of America 58,057
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 30,417
- Western Europe 14,123
- Northern Europe 11,881