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
2000β2023
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Western Europe 12.66 kg
- United States of America 11.94 kg
- Northern America 11.01 kg
- Northern Europe 9.78 kg
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9 kg
- Europe and Northern America 8.7 kg
- Europe 7.52 kg
- Southern Europe 7.04 kg
- Oceania 6.49 kg
- Eastern Europe 3.47 kg
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 3.32 kg
- Eastern Asia 1.94 kg