Electronic waste collected, per capita (KG) by country

Countries reporting
52
Highest
13,951 kg
Guadeloupe
Lowest
0.0057 kg
Kazakhstan
Median
8.96 kg
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
1,093

What the numbers show

Electronic waste collected, per capita (KG) is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 13,951 kg in Guadeloupe; the lowest is 0.0057 kg in Kazakhstan.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.96 kg, and the mean is 277.82 kg.

Over the past decade 36 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
18 Ireland 12.04 kg 2023 up 30.6% rising
19 Slovakia 10.94 kg 2023 up 162.3% volatile
20 Germany 10.88 kg 2023 up 20.5% rising
21 Latvia 10.39 kg 2023 up 332.9% volatile
22 RΓ©union 9.77 kg 2022 up 57.6% rising
23 Australia and New Zealand 9.32 kg 2022 up 517.1% volatile
24 Spain 9.27 kg 2023 up 106.5% rising
25 Lithuania 9.17 kg 2023 up 67.9% rising
26 Estonia 9.12 kg 2023 up 158.4% rising
27 Luxembourg 8.81 kg 2023 down 7.6% rising
28 Italy 8.64 kg 2023 up 19.0% rising
29 Croatia 8.31 kg 2023 up 135.4% rising
30 Hungary 8.16 kg 2023 up 62.2% rising
31 Greece 8.14 kg 2023 up 133.2% rising
32 Slovenia 7.85 kg 2023 up 89.2% rising
33 Romania 7.63 kg 2021 up 633.7% volatile
34 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6.18 kg 2023 down 5.1% flat
35 Portugal 5.79 kg 2023 up 20.9% rising
36 Malta 5.75 kg 2023 up 43.8% volatile
37 Japan 4.83 kg 2022 up 30.4% falling
38 Andorra 4.63 kg 2023 down 10.4% falling
39 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.32 kg 2023 up 291.1% volatile
40 Canada 4.09 kg 2022 down 64.9% falling
41 Cyprus 3.79 kg 2023 up 43.0% rising
42 Ecuador 2.96 kg 2017 β€” volatile
43 French Guiana 2.48 kg 2022 up 96.4% volatile
44 Costa Rica 1.32 kg 2023 β€” rising
45 United Arab Emirates 1.28 kg 2023 β€” volatile
46 Ukraine 0.654 kg 2019 down 45.7% falling
47 Niger 0.4774 kg 2019 down 2.4% flat
48 Mauritius 0.1493 kg 2021 down 99.8% volatile
49 Honduras 0.093 kg 2023 β€” rising
50 Cuba 0.0217 kg 2021 down 6.2% falling
51 Jamaica 0.0097 kg 2022 β€” rising
52 Kazakhstan 0.0057 kg 2023 down 88.3% volatile

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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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
84 places, 1,093 data points, 2000–2023
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