Electronic waste collected, per capita (KG) by country

Countries reporting
56
Highest
13,951 kg
Guadeloupe
Lowest
0.0022 kg
Caribbean
Median
9.14 kg
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
1,131

What the numbers show

Electronic waste collected, per capita (KG) is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 13,951 kg in Guadeloupe; the lowest is 0.0022 kg in Caribbean.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.14 kg, and the mean is 258.58 kg.

Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Guadeloupe (up 192,744.0%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 99.8%).

Electronic waste collected, per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guadeloupe 13,951 kg 2022 up 192,744.0% volatile
2 Barbados 66.56 kg 2021 up 102.8% volatile
3 Liechtenstein 22.42 kg 2023 up 185.6% volatile
4 Norway 20.08 kg 2023 down 2.8% falling
5 Bulgaria 17.94 kg 2023 up 270.7% rising
6 Czechia 16.79 kg 2023 up 225.4% rising
7 Austria 15.87 kg 2023 up 75.2% rising
8 France 15.22 kg 2023 up 108.8% rising
9 Poland 15.21 kg 2023 up 237.3% volatile
10 Denmark 15.01 kg 2023 up 16.9% falling
11 Belgium 14.36 kg 2023 up 33.1% rising
12 Iceland 14.08 kg 2020 up 181.6% rising
13 Martinique 13.87 kg 2022 up 273.2% volatile
14 Finland 13.23 kg 2023 up 24.2% rising
15 Sweden 12.98 kg 2021 down 30.6% flat
16 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 12.28 kg 2023 up 75.7% rising
16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.28 kg 2018 up 69.4% rising
16 United Kingdom 12.28 kg 2018 up 69.4% rising
19 Ireland 12.04 kg 2023 up 30.6% rising
20 United States 11.94 kg 2018 up 20.4% rising
21 Slovakia 10.94 kg 2023 up 162.3% volatile
22 Germany 10.88 kg 2023 up 20.5% rising
23 Latvia 10.39 kg 2023 up 332.9% volatile
24 Réunion 9.77 kg 2022 up 57.6% rising
24 Reunion 9.77 kg 2022 up 57.6% rising
26 Australia and New Zealand 9.32 kg 2022 up 517.1% volatile
27 Spain 9.27 kg 2023 up 106.5% rising
28 Lithuania 9.17 kg 2023 up 67.9% rising
29 Estonia 9.12 kg 2023 up 158.4% rising
30 Luxembourg 8.81 kg 2023 down 7.6% rising
31 Italy 8.64 kg 2023 up 19.0% rising
32 Croatia 8.31 kg 2023 up 135.4% rising
33 Hungary 8.16 kg 2023 up 62.2% rising
34 Greece 8.14 kg 2023 up 133.2% rising
35 Slovenia 7.85 kg 2023 up 89.2% rising
36 Romania 7.63 kg 2021 up 633.7% volatile
37 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6.18 kg 2023 down 5.1% flat
38 Portugal 5.79 kg 2023 up 20.9% rising
39 Malta 5.75 kg 2023 up 43.8% volatile
40 Japan 4.83 kg 2022 up 30.4% falling
41 Andorra 4.63 kg 2023 down 10.4% falling
42 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.32 kg 2023 up 291.1% volatile
43 Canada 4.09 kg 2022 down 64.9% falling
44 Cyprus 3.79 kg 2023 up 43.0% rising
45 Ecuador 2.96 kg 2017 — volatile
46 French Guiana 2.48 kg 2022 up 96.4% volatile
47 Costa Rica 1.32 kg 2023 — rising
48 United Arab Emirates 1.28 kg 2023 — volatile
49 Ukraine 0.654 kg 2019 down 45.7% falling
50 Niger 0.4774 kg 2019 down 2.4% flat
51 Mauritius 0.1493 kg 2021 down 99.8% volatile
52 Honduras 0.093 kg 2023 — rising
53 Cuba 0.0217 kg 2021 down 6.2% falling
54 Jamaica 0.0097 kg 2022 — rising
55 Kazakhstan 0.0057 kg 2023 down 88.3% volatile
56 Caribbean 0.0022 kg 2022 up 214.3% rising

Regions and income groups

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

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About this data

Indicator
Electronic waste collected, per capita (KG)
Unit
kg
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
87 places, 1,131 data points, 2000–2023
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