Plastic Waste Imports per Person

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Historical data · 2024

Source: UN Comtrade, via Our World in Data ↗
Reference period: 2024Dataset updated Oct 18, 2026. The badge reflects the reference year, not the update date.
Definition: Reported imports of plastic waste and scrap per person in one year. Covers customs code HS 3915 and countries that reported trade data.
Unit: kg per person per year
Coverage & value range: Worldwide · 86 listed countries and territoriesValues: 0.0 kg to 53.2 kg
Ranking direction: Highest value first (descending)#1 is the highest listed value, not necessarily the best outcome.

Source notes: Customs code HS 3915 only. Missing reports and plastic waste traded under other codes are excluded; latest single year, without filling gaps from earlier years.

Coverage describes this list, not necessarily the full population. Missing entries do not imply a value of zero. Collection & methodology →

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Europe · 37

Asia · 18

Oceania · 3

Africa · 8

Americas · 20

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Every dot is one country, placed by its value (kg per person per year); the vertical bar marks each row’s median. Rows are world regions, ordered by their median. Hover a dot for its name.

🇸🇮Slovenia

53.2 kg

🇱🇹Lithuania

36.0 kg

🇳🇱Netherlands

35.9 kg

🇧🇪Belgium

29.7 kg

🇦🇹Austria

20.3 kg

🇨🇿Czechia

20.0 kg

🇸🇪Sweden

16.9 kg

🇩🇰Denmark

16.1 kg

🇱🇺Luxembourg

14.0 kg

🇲🇾Malaysia

12.2 kg

🇭🇷Croatia

11.9 kg

🇱🇻Latvia

9.4 kg

🇹🇷Türkiye

7.7 kg

🇵🇹Portugal

7.0 kg

🇨🇾Cyprus

6.8 kg

🇩🇪Germany

6.1 kg

🇮🇪Ireland

5.8 kg

🇪🇪Estonia

5.6 kg

🇨🇦Canada

3.9 kg

🇮🇹Italy

3.4 kg

🇷🇴Romania

3.1 kg

🇷🇸Serbia

2.5 kg

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

2.5 kg

🇹🇭Thailand

2.1 kg

🇫🇷France

2.0 kg

🇰🇾Cayman Islands

1.5 kg

🇫🇮Finland

1.4 kg

🇭🇰Hong Kong

1.3 kg

🇵🇾Paraguay

1.1 kg

🇸🇻El Salvador

0.9 kg

🇬🇹Guatemala

0.8 kg

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

0.8 kg

🇳🇴Norway

0.7 kg

🇮🇱Israel

0.6 kg

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

0.5 kg

🇲🇰North Macedonia

0.5 kg

🇵🇪Peru

0.4 kg

🇦🇺Australia

0.4 kg

🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan

0.3 kg

🇪🇬Egypt

0.3 kg

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

0.3 kg

🇺🇦Ukraine

0.3 kg

🇲🇲Myanmar

0.2 kg

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

0.2 kg

🇵🇰Pakistan

0.2 kg

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

0.1 kg

🇿🇦South Africa

0.1 kg

🇨🇱Chile

0.1 kg

🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago

0.1 kg

🇳🇿New Zealand

0.1 kg

Highlights

As of 2024, Slovenia ranks first with 53.2 kg, followed by Lithuania (36.0 kg) and Netherlands (35.9 kg).

Across 86 countries and territories, values run from 53.2 kg (Slovenia) to 0.0 kg (Uzbekistan), with a median of 0.2 kg.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 9 from Europe and 1 from Asia.

Source: UN Comtrade, via Our World in Data, 2024. Unit: kg per person per year.

Source: UN Comtrade, via Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data) · fetched Oct 18, 2026 — Customs code HS 3915 only. Missing reports and plastic waste traded under other codes are excluded; latest single year, without filling gaps from earlier years.

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Highlights

As of 2024, Slovenia ranks first with 53.2 kg, followed by Lithuania (36.0 kg) and Netherlands (35.9 kg).

Across 86 countries and territories, values run from 53.2 kg (Slovenia) to 0.0 kg (Uzbekistan), with a median of 0.2 kg.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 9 from Europe and 1 from Asia.

Source: UN Comtrade, via Our World in Data, 2024. Unit: kg per person per year.