Electronic waste generated in Northern America
Northern America: Electronic waste generated was 8.32 million tonnes in 2025. β² Rising
Electronic waste generated in Northern America, 2010β2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
The most recent figure for electronic waste generated in Northern America is 8.32 million tonnes, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electronic waste generated in Northern America peaked at 8.32 million tonnes in 2025 and was at its lowest, 5.69 million tonnes, in 2010.
Northern America ranks 10th of 36 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6.81 million tonnes | 5.69 million tonnes | 7.62 million tonnes | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.02 million tonnes | 7.74 million tonnes | 8.32 million tonnes | 6 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More environment data for Northern America
- Standard Deviation 0.466 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 Β°C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper β Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) β Agricultural Use 14.64 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) β Use per capita 37.99 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) β Use per area of cropland 75.85 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) β Use per capita 13.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) β Use per value of agricultural production 11.92 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) β Import quantity 5.16 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electronic waste generated in Northern America?
- Electronic waste generated in Northern America was 8.32 million tonnes in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest electronic waste generated recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 8.32 million tonnes in 2025.
- What is the lowest electronic waste generated recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.69 million tonnes in 2010.
- How does Northern America rank for electronic waste generated?
- Northern America ranks 10th out of 36 groups with data for 2025.
- Is electronic waste generated rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Electronic waste generated (Tonnes). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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