Hazardous waste generated, per capita (Kg) by country

Countries reporting
91
Highest
20.86 million kg
Brunei Darussalam
Lowest
0.0092 kg
Armenia
Median
57 kg
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,249

What the numbers show

Hazardous waste generated, per capita (Kg) is currently reported for 91 countries. The highest value is 20.86 million kg in Brunei Darussalam; the lowest is 0.0092 kg in Armenia.

The median across all reporting countries is 57 kg, and the mean is 232,297 kg.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Trinidad and Tobago (up 406,716.0%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 99.7%).

Hazardous waste generated, per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brunei Darussalam 20.86 million kg 2023 up 65.9% volatile
2 United Republic of Tanzania 92,086 kg 2021 up 9.6% falling
3 Burkina Faso 91,049 kg 2011 up 2,197.0% volatile
4 Suriname 62,889 kg 2023 up 346.5% volatile
5 Myanmar 6,101 kg 2021 down 65.4% falling
6 Finland 5,266 kg 2022 up 1,626.6% volatile
7 Trinidad and Tobago 4,617 kg 2022 up 406,716.0% volatile
8 Serbia 4,444 kg 2022 up 121.3% rising
9 Bulgaria 2,246 kg 2022 up 22.4% rising
10 Estonia 1,130 kg 2022 down 83.7% falling
11 Lesotho 782.7 kg 2019 down 71.1% volatile
12 Luxembourg 722 kg 2022 up 21.8% rising
13 Sweden 684 kg 2022 up 141.7% volatile
14 Montenegro 477 kg 2022 up 41.5% rising
15 Norway 349 kg 2022 up 28.8% rising
16 Türkiye 318 kg 2022 up 500.0% volatile
17 Germany 274 kg 2022 up 0.4% rising
18 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 246 kg 2022 down 15.2% rising
19 Australia 244.44 kg 2023 down 3.6% rising
20 Denmark 237 kg 2022 up 8.7% volatile
21 North Macedonia 224 kg 2022 down 31.9% volatile
22 Cameroon 219.28 kg 2009 down 23.6% falling
23 Belgium 190 kg 2022 down 24.3% falling
24 Italy 171 kg 2022 up 14.8% rising
25 France 167 kg 2022 down 3.5% rising
26 Austria 163 kg 2022 up 29.4% rising
27 Iceland 147 kg 2022 up 188.2% volatile
28 Czechia 146 kg 2022 up 3.5% rising
29 Ireland 129 kg 2022 up 24.0% volatile
30 Ecuador 125.5 kg 2020 down 34.2% falling
31 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 125.4 kg 2020 up 58.3% falling
32 Iraq 124.59 kg 2023 up 342.1% volatile
33 Panama 119.35 kg 2011 down 70.3% volatile
34 Republic of Korea 119.23 kg 2022 up 29.7% rising
35 Guatemala 106.45 kg 2017 down 93.4% volatile
36 Slovakia 91 kg 2022 up 33.8% flat
37 Portugal 89 kg 2022 up 27.1% volatile
38 Lithuania 85 kg 2022 up 84.8% rising
39 Malta 84 kg 2022 down 7.7% volatile
40 Greece 76 kg 2022 up 181.5% rising
41 Spain 72 kg 2022 up 7.5% falling
42 Slovenia 63 kg 2022 down 3.1% rising
43 Hungary 62 kg 2022 down 12.7% falling
44 Cyprus 61 kg 2022 up 69.4% volatile
45 Republic of Moldova 60.29 kg 2021 down 47.4% volatile
46 Poland 57 kg 2022 up 23.9% rising
46 Romania 57 kg 2022 up 67.6% volatile
48 Croatia 47 kg 2022 up 67.9% volatile
49 Israel 38.97 kg 2023 down 12.5% falling
50 Mexico 33.55 kg 2023 up 95.1% rising
51 Chile 32.52 kg 2023 up 34.7% rising
52 Latvia 31 kg 2022 down 34.0% rising
53 Thailand 30.11 kg 2023 up 1,323.9% volatile
54 Uzbekistan 28.39 kg 2023 down 63.8% falling
55 Jamaica 27.01 kg 2006 up 3.6% flat
56 Ukraine 20.07 kg 2023 up 301.9% volatile
57 French Guiana 17.98 kg 2023 down 52.0% falling
58 Jordan 14.62 kg 2021 up 2,304.1% rising
59 Colombia 13.76 kg 2023 up 87.8% rising
60 India 9.18 kg 2023 down 43.3% falling
61 Dominica 8.75 kg 2021 down 30.1% falling
62 Martinique 8.04 kg 2023 down 27.6% volatile
63 Andorra 7.12 kg 2023 down 7.6% rising
64 Costa Rica 6.52 kg 2021 up 9.9% flat
65 Mauritius 5.98 kg 2017 down 66.5% volatile
66 Oman 5.06 kg 2024 up 11.6% volatile
67 Réunion 4.97 kg 2023 down 51.0% volatile
68 Argentina 4.87 kg 2021 down 18.8% falling
69 Fiji 4.82 kg 2023 down 65.1% volatile
70 Cuba 4.72 kg 2021 up 109.2% rising
71 Azerbaijan 4.43 kg 2023 down 5.4% volatile
72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 kg 2022 down 98.4% volatile
73 Bermuda 3.56 kg 2019 down 67.5% falling
74 Guadeloupe 2.86 kg 2023 down 16.9% volatile
75 Philippines 2.3 kg 2019 down 53.7% volatile
76 Qatar 1.64 kg 2023 down 68.5% volatile
77 Bahrain 1.61 kg 2019 down 4.1% rising
78 Singapore 1.56 kg 2020 up 33.8% falling
79 Bangladesh 1.54 kg 2021 down 99.7% volatile
80 China 1.35 kg 2023 down 69.1% volatile
81 United Arab Emirates 1.24 kg 2023 down 41.0% falling
82 Monaco 0.8634 kg 2023 down 92.7% volatile
83 State of Palestine 0.6545 kg 2016 down 99.1% falling
84 Malaysia 0.6013 kg 2023 down 40.9% volatile
85 El Salvador 0.4379 kg 2021 down 26.5% falling
86 Liechtenstein 0.4377 kg 2023 up 69.9% rising
87 Belarus 0.3948 kg 2023 down 41.0% volatile
88 Russian Federation 0.1794 kg 2023 up 44.7% rising
89 Kyrgyzstan 0.0492 kg 2017 down 48.7% falling
90 Kazakhstan 0.0463 kg 2023 up 909.1% volatile
91 Armenia 0.0092 kg 2023 down 98.2% falling

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
Hazardous waste generated, per capita (Kg)
Unit
kg
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
94 places, 1,249 data points, 2000–2024
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