Exported beach litter originating from national land-based sources (Tonnes) by country
Countries reporting
149
Highest
3.41 million tonnes
China
Lowest
32 tonnes
Belgium
Median
6,950 tonnes
Years covered
6
2017–2022
Data points
1,104
What the numbers show
Exported beach litter originating from national land-based sources (Tonnes) is currently reported for 149 countries. The highest value is 3.41 million tonnes in China; the lowest is 32 tonnes in Belgium.
The median across all reporting countries is 6,950 tonnes, and the mean is 116,977 tonnes.
Exported beach litter originating from national land-based sources: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 3.41 million tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 2 | Philippines | 2.83 million tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 3 | India | 1.63 million tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 1.01 million tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 991,514 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 702,943 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 7 | Malaysia | 584,838 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 8 | Türkiye | 555,664 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 9 | Nigeria | 537,979 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 484,039 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 11 | Thailand | 455,116 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 12 | Myanmar | 348,299 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 13 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 279,734 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 14 | Egypt | 278,179 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 15 | Algeria | 276,738 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 16 | United Republic of Tanzania | 213,605 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 17 | Uruguay | 173,035 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 18 | Haiti | 146,375 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 19 | Tunisia | 142,127 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 135,400 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 21 | Mozambique | 120,690 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 22 | Ghana | 116,706 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 23 | Libya | 108,963 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 24 | Morocco | 99,639 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 25 | Melanesia | 94,461 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 26 | Pakistan | 89,717 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | 80,453 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 28 | Cameroon | 72,689 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 29 | Côte d'Ivoire | 62,520 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 30 | Angola | 57,311 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 31 | Colombia | 56,249 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 32 | Mexico | 55,897 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 33 | Trinidad and Tobago | 51,226 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 34 | Peru | 49,397 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 35 | Papua New Guinea | 47,109 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 36 | Comoros | 43,419 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 37 | Guatemala | 42,765 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 38 | Solomon Islands | 42,757 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 39 | Yemen | 42,631 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 40 | Ukraine | 41,467 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 41 | Nicaragua | 41,423 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 42 | Greece | 38,299 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 43 | Russian Federation | 36,969 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 44 | Benin | 34,837 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 45 | Jamaica | 34,343 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 46 | Togo | 34,014 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 47 | Albania | 32,245 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 48 | Ecuador | 32,153 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 49 | Honduras | 30,263 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 50 | Lebanon | 29,505 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 51 | Senegal | 27,540 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 52 | Guinea | 27,127 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 53 | Sierra Leone | 25,587 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 54 | Panama | 24,065 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 55 | Argentina | 22,255 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 56 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 21,174 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 57 | El Salvador | 20,228 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 58 | Japan | 19,169 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 59 | Guyana | 18,264 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 60 | Belize | 17,353 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 61 | Kenya | 16,233 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 62 | Gambia | 16,232 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 63 | Liberia | 15,363 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 64 | Kuwait | 15,080 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 65 | Suriname | 15,017 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 66 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 12,764 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 67 | Sudan | 12,671 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 68 | Guinea-Bissau | 12,260 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 69 | Timor-Leste | 12,103 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 70 | Congo | 10,182 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 71 | Italy | 10,117 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 72 | Spain | 9,854 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 73 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 9,822 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 74 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 9,090 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 75 | Croatia | 6,950 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 76 | Republic of Korea | 6,873 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 6,673 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 78 | Eritrea | 6,337 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 79 | Equatorial Guinea | 5,776 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 80 | Chile | 5,729 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 81 | Australia and New Zealand | 4,962 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 4,661 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 83 | Australia | 4,467 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 84 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4,398 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 85 | Mauritania | 4,366 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 86 | Djibouti | 4,140 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 87 | Madagascar | 4,124 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 88 | Israel | 3,437 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 89 | Fiji | 3,279 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 90 | Somalia | 3,246 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 91 | Cambodia | 3,238 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 92 | Montenegro | 3,181 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 93 | Saint Lucia | 3,110 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 94 | Romania | 2,893 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 95 | Western Sahara | 2,698 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 96 | Germany | 2,482 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 97 | Cabo Verde | 2,379 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 98 | Gabon | 2,364 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 99 | France | 1,787 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 100 | Polynesia | 1,784 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 101 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,396 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 102 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,384 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 103 | Bahamas | 1,357 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 104 | Portugal | 1,334 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 105 | Samoa | 1,319 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 106 | Vanuatu | 1,316 tonnes | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 107 | State of Palestine | 1,234 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 108 | Grenada | 979 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 109 | Qatar | 947 tonnes | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 110 | Georgia | 930 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 111 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 856 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 112 | Dominica | 760 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 113 | Sweden | 705 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 114 | Puerto Rico | 692 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 115 | Ireland | 688 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 116 | Canada | 684 tonnes | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 117 | Barbados | 617 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 118 | Namibia | 548 tonnes | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 119 | Poland | 544 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 120 | New Zealand | 495 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 121 | Micronesia | 488 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 122 | Finland | 467 tonnes | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 123 | Tonga | 465 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 124 | Antigua and Barbuda | 432 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 125 | Cyprus | 409 tonnes | 2022 | up 147.9% | rising |
| 126 | Oman | 370 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 127 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 365 tonnes | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 128 | Norway | 243 tonnes | 2022 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 129 | Maldives | 234 tonnes | 2022 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 130 | Latvia | 228 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 131 | Bahrain | 222 tonnes | 2022 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 132 | Bulgaria | 186 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 133 | Denmark | 180 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 134 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 168 tonnes | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 135 | Mauritius | 166 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 136 | Malta | 163 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 137 | Estonia | 155 tonnes | 2022 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 138 | Réunion | 104 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 139 | Lithuania | 83 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 139 | Palau | 83 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 141 | French Guiana | 68 tonnes | 2022 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 142 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 58 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 143 | Gibraltar | 57 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 143 | Martinique | 57 tonnes | 2022 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 145 | Seychelles | 50 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 146 | Guadeloupe | 48 tonnes | 2022 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 147 | Iceland | 42 tonnes | 2022 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 148 | Kiribati | 40 tonnes | 2022 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 149 | Belgium | 32 tonnes | 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 tonnes
- Asia 12.52 million tonnes
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 9.56 million tonnes
- South-Eastern Asia 5.93 million tonnes
- Eastern Asia 3.63 million tonnes
- Africa 2.55 million tonnes
- Americas 2.33 million tonnes
- Southern Asia 2.30 million tonnes
- Central and Southern Asia 2.30 million tonnes
- Latin America and the Caribbean 2.27 million tonnes
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.75 million tonnes
- South America 1.66 million tonnes