Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends in the ocean (Tonnes) by country

Name: Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends in the ocean (Tonnes)
Creator: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
License: UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)

Countries reporting

134

Highest

1.15 million

Philippines

Lowest

Bahrain

Median

954

Years covered

2017–2022

Data points

926

What the numbers show

Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends in the ocean (Tonnes) is currently reported for 134 countries. The highest value is 1.15 million in Philippines; the lowest is 6 in Bahrain.

The median across all reporting countries is 954, and the mean is 35,515.

Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Philippines	1.15 million	2021	—	rising
2	China (People’s Republic of)	726,819	2021	—	rising
3	India	543,740	2021	—	flat
4	Indonesia	438,617	2021	—	rising
5	Brazil	353,959	2021	—	rising
6	Malaysia	234,941	2021	—	rising
7	Bangladesh	119,879	2021	—	falling
8	South Africa	111,799	2021	—	rising
9	Myanmar	111,683	2021	—	flat
10	Thailand	97,829	2021	—	flat
11	Algeria	91,575	2021	—	flat
12	Haiti	58,845	2021	—	rising
13	Dominican Republic	55,594	2021	—	rising
14	Morocco	53,206	2021	—	rising
15	Uruguay	49,342	2021	—	falling
16	Mozambique	44,526	2021	—	rising
17	Tunisia	43,249	2021	—	rising
18	Egypt	41,213	2021	—	rising
19	Sri Lanka	33,979	2021	—	rising
20	Pakistan	30,671	2021	—	rising
21	Libya	26,865	2021	—	rising
22	Nicaragua	21,576	2021	—	flat
23	Guatemala	19,962	2021	—	rising
24	Mexico	19,538	2021	—	flat
25	Comoros	17,060	2021	—	rising
26	Jamaica	16,747	2021	—	rising
27	Japan	15,894	2021	—	rising
28	Argentina	15,596	2021	—	flat
29	Trinidad and Tobago	14,927	2021	—	rising
30	Russian Federation	14,862	2021	—	rising
31	Ukraine	14,103	2021	—	flat
32	Albania	11,841	2021	—	flat
33	Solomon Islands	11,587	2021	—	falling
34	Nigeria	10,980	2021	—	rising
35	El Salvador	10,105	2021	—	flat
36	Papua New Guinea	8,880	2021	—	falling
37	Greece	8,266	2021	—	rising
38	Peru	8,249	2021	—	rising
39	Kenya	7,888	2021	—	rising
40	Colombia	7,325	2021	—	rising
41	Lebanon	7,013	2021	—	rising
42	Panama	5,785	2021	—	falling
43	Yemen	4,915	2021	—	falling
44	Senegal	4,900	2021	—	falling
45	Suriname	3,707	2021	—	rising
46	Chile	3,676	2021	—	flat
47	Spain	3,390	2021	—	flat
48	Republic of Korea	3,344	2021	—	flat
49	Italy	3,175	2021	—	flat
50	Guyana	3,050	2021	—	rising
51	Croatia	2,819	2021	—	rising
52	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	2,427	2021	—	rising
53	Australia and New Zealand	2,194	2022	up 33.7%	rising
54	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	2,094	2021	—	rising
55	Gambia	1,982	2021	—	falling
56	Western Sahara	1,898	2021	—	rising
57	Costa Rica	1,835	2021	—	rising
58	Madagascar	1,760	2021	—	rising
59	Kuwait	1,669	2021	—	rising
60	Australia	1,633	2021	—	rising
61	Saint Lucia	1,416	2021	—	rising
62	Honduras	1,411	2021	—	flat
63	Mauritania	1,286	2021	—	flat
64	Bahamas	1,183	2021	—	rising
65	Montenegro	1,159	2021	—	flat
66	Romania	1,064	2021	—	falling
67	Fiji	968	2021	—	rising
68	Cambodia	940	2021	—	flat
69	Somalia	891	2021	—	rising
70	Israel	777	2021	—	rising
71	Djibouti	714	2021	—	rising
72	Portugal	662	2021	—	flat
73	Benin	659	2021	—	rising
74	Belize	653	2021	—	flat
75	Brunei Darussalam	627	2021	—	rising
76	Cameroon	616	2021	—	rising
77	Sudan	596	2021	—	falling
78	Angola	558	2021	—	falling
79	Samoa	508	2021	—	rising
80	France	498	2021	—	rising
81	Georgia	474	2021	—	flat
82	New Zealand	401	2021	—	rising
83	Puerto Rico	394	2021	—	rising
84	Grenada	366	2021	—	rising
85	Dominica	364	2021	—	rising
86	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	363	2021	—	rising
87	Vanuatu	361	2021	—	rising
88	Germany	356	2021	—	rising
89	Ghana	312	2021	—	volatile
90	Eritrea	305	2021	—	falling
91	Barbados	304	2021	—	rising
92	Antigua and Barbuda	273	2021	—	rising
93	Sierra Leone	269	2021	—	volatile
94	Tonga	224	2021	—	rising
95	Canada	223	2021	—	rising
96	Togo	216	2021	—	volatile
97	Guinea-Bissau	211	2021	—	volatile
98	Saudi Arabia	200	2021	—	falling
99	Equatorial Guinea	196	2021	—	rising
100	Ireland	170	2021	—	rising
101	Congo	149	2021	—	flat
102	Sweden	146	2021	—	rising
103	Maldives	115	2021	—	rising
104	Mauritius	106	2021	—	rising
105	Namibia	103	2021	—	falling
105	Oman	103	2021	—	flat
107	Finland	85	2021	—	volatile
108	Norway	83	2021	—	flat
109	Poland	80	2021	—	rising
110	Réunion	76	2021	—	rising
111	Bulgaria	62	2021	—	falling
112	Liberia	58	2021	—	volatile
113	Malta	54	2021	—	rising
114	Ecuador	49	2021	—	volatile
115	Cyprus	45	2021	—	rising
116	Sao Tome and Principe	39	2021	—	falling
117	Denmark	37	2021	—	rising
118	Saint Kitts and Nevis	34	2021	—	rising
118	Palau	34	2021	—	falling
120	Guinea	32	2021	—	volatile
121	Seychelles	27	2021	—	rising
122	Estonia	26	2021	—	volatile
122	Guadeloupe	26	2021	—	rising
124	Latvia	25	2021	—	volatile
124	Martinique	25	2021	—	rising
126	Iceland	24	2021	—	falling
127	Kiribati	21	2021	—	rising
128	Qatar	20	2021	—	falling
128	French Guiana	20	2021	—	rising
130	Gabon	17	2021	—	rising
130	Gibraltar	17	2021	—	falling
132	Lithuania	11	2021	—	volatile
133	Belgium	9	2021	—	rising
134	Bahrain	6	2021	—	volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 2.95 million
South-Eastern Asia 2.33 million
Americas 793,313
Latin America and the Caribbean 751,656
Southern Asia 748,078
Eastern Asia 618,258
Africa 532,117
South America 510,445
Northern Africa and Western Asia 391,410
Sub-Saharan Africa 300,931
Northern Africa 231,186
Western Asia 160,224

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Indicator: Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends in the ocean (Tonnes)
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence: UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage: 179 places, 926 data points, 2017–2022
Last refreshed: 15 August 2026