Countries That Produce the Most Waste

Which countries produce the most waste overall and per capita?

Waste Per Capita (WPC) data from Worldbank.org, 2016.

Waste Per Year (WPY) data from Waste Atlas (http://www.atlas.d-waste.com).

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Countries With Highest Waste Per Capita
Rank	Country	Population	Kg/Day
1	Kuwait	2.7 Million	5.72
2	Antigua and Barbuda	24,907	5.5
3	St. Kitts and Nevis	15,069	5.45
4	Guyana	215,946	5.33
5	Sri Lanka	3 Million	5.1
6	Barbados	92,289	4.75
7	St. Lucia	44,119	4.35
8	Solomon Islands	50,992	4.3
9	Tonga	22,162	3.71
10	New Zealand	3.6 Million	3.68
11	Ireland	2.6 Million	3.58
12	Vanuatu	33,430	3.28
13	Bahamas	252,689	3.25
14	Seychelles	43,172	2.98
15	Belize	124,224	2.87
16	Norway	3.6 Million	2.8
17	Grenada	31,324	2.71
18	Switzerland	5.5 Million	2.61
19	United States	242 Million	2.58
20	Maldives	70,816	2.48

Countries Producing the Most Waste
Rank	Country	Population	WPY (Tons)
1	China	1.4 Billion	300 Million
2	United States	242 Million	229 Million
3	India	1.3 Million	227 Million
4	Brazil	209 Million	63 Million
5	Indonesia	264 Million	59 Million
6	Germany	82 Million	51 Million
7	Russia	144 Million	48 Million
8	Japan	127 Million	45 Million
9	Mexico	129 Million	39 Million
10	France	65 Million	35 Million
11	United Kingdom	66 Million	30 Million
12	Italy	59 Million	30 Million
13	Turkey	81 Million	29 Million
14	Canada	37 Million	27 Million
15	Thailand	69 Million	25 Million
16	Nigeria	191 Million	25 Million
17	Bangladesh	163 Million	23 Million
18	Egypt	95 Million	21 Million
19	Spain	46 Million	21 Million
20	Pakistan	197 Million	20 Million

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