Hazardous waste generated (Tonnes) by country

Countries reporting
91
Highest
105.47 million tonnes
China
Lowest
0.0022 tonnes
Brunei Darussalam
Median
360,700 tonnes
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,249

What the numbers show

Hazardous waste generated (Tonnes) is currently reported for 91 countries. The highest value is 105.47 million tonnes in China; the lowest is 0.0022 tonnes in Brunei Darussalam.

The median across all reporting countries is 360,700 tonnes, and the mean is 5.78 million tonnes.

Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 37,445.2%), and the largest decrease in Trinidad and Tobago (down 100.0%).

Hazardous waste generated: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 105.47 million tonnes 2023 up 234.1% volatile
2 Russian Federation 81.09 million tonnes 2023 down 30.5% falling
3 Kazakhstan 43.89 million tonnes 2023 down 88.5% volatile
4 Armenia 32.00 million tonnes 2023 up 5,426.4% volatile
5 Serbia 29.86 million tonnes 2022 up 106.6% rising
6 Finland 29.26 million tonnes 2022 up 1,669.0% volatile
7 Türkiye 27.06 million tonnes 2022 up 578.6% volatile
8 Germany 22.82 million tonnes 2022 up 3.8% rising
9 India 15.66 million tonnes 2023 up 98.2% rising
10 Bulgaria 14.52 million tonnes 2022 up 8.3% rising
11 Kyrgyzstan 12.65 million tonnes 2017 up 128.0% rising
12 France 11.39 million tonnes 2022 up 0.8% rising
13 Bangladesh 10.87 million tonnes 2021 up 37,445.2% volatile
14 Italy 10.09 million tonnes 2022 up 12.2% rising
15 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8.45 million tonnes 2020 up 69.2% falling
16 Sweden 7.17 million tonnes 2022 up 165.9% volatile
17 Australia 6.47 million tonnes 2023 up 8.0% rising
18 Republic of Korea 6.17 million tonnes 2022 up 35.5% rising
19 Malaysia 5.84 million tonnes 2023 up 97.0% volatile
20 Philippines 4.82 million tonnes 2019 up 153.8% volatile
21 Mexico 4.35 million tonnes 2023 up 113.9% rising
22 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 4.35 million tonnes 2022 down 10.4% rising
23 Spain 3.45 million tonnes 2022 up 10.9% falling
24 Belarus 2.31 million tonnes 2023 up 63.1% volatile
25 Belgium 2.22 million tonnes 2022 down 20.5% falling
26 Poland 2.09 million tonnes 2022 up 20.5% rising
27 Norway 1.90 million tonnes 2022 up 40.1% rising
28 Czechia 1.56 million tonnes 2022 up 5.1% rising
29 Estonia 1.52 million tonnes 2022 down 83.4% falling
30 Austria 1.47 million tonnes 2022 up 38.3% rising
31 El Salvador 1.43 million tonnes 2021 up 39.8% rising
32 Denmark 1.40 million tonnes 2022 up 14.9% volatile
33 Romania 1.09 million tonnes 2022 up 58.2% volatile
34 Argentina 930,850 tonnes 2021 up 27.1% rising
35 Portugal 928,373 tonnes 2022 up 26.5% volatile
36 United Arab Emirates 861,330 tonnes 2023 up 130.4% rising
37 Greece 788,854 tonnes 2022 up 165.3% rising
38 Colombia 719,979 tonnes 2023 up 112.9% rising
39 State of Palestine 707,791 tonnes 2016 up 13,742.4% volatile
40 Ireland 670,335 tonnes 2022 up 40.0% volatile
41 Chile 639,400 tonnes 2023 up 49.7% rising
42 Hungary 594,018 tonnes 2022 down 15.2% falling
43 Slovakia 492,116 tonnes 2022 up 32.9% flat
44 Luxembourg 471,803 tonnes 2022 up 49.7% rising
45 North Macedonia 411,553 tonnes 2022 down 39.3% volatile
46 Israel 360,700 tonnes 2023 up 4.5% rising
47 Singapore 359,170 tonnes 2020 down 17.2% rising
48 Montenegro 294,461 tonnes 2022 up 40.7% rising
49 Lithuania 239,368 tonnes 2022 up 75.0% rising
50 Thailand 238,135 tonnes 2023 down 92.8% volatile
51 Cuba 235,498 tonnes 2021 down 53.0% volatile
52 Azerbaijan 232,926 tonnes 2023 up 14.8% volatile
53 Ukraine 188,048 tonnes 2023 down 79.6% volatile
54 Qatar 181,477 tonnes 2023 up 365.9% volatile
55 Croatia 180,042 tonnes 2022 up 48.3% volatile
56 Slovenia 133,989 tonnes 2022 up 0.5% rising
57 Uzbekistan 125,593 tonnes 2023 up 226.2% rising
58 Oman 104,285 tonnes 2024 up 2.9% volatile
59 Bahrain 92,481 tonnes 2019 up 27.7% falling
60 Jordan 75,715 tonnes 2021 down 93.8% volatile
61 Latvia 57,669 tonnes 2022 down 39.4% rising
62 Cyprus 57,457 tonnes 2022 up 84.9% volatile
63 Iceland 56,275 tonnes 2022 up 246.0% volatile
64 Malta 44,777 tonnes 2022 up 16.7% volatile
65 Iraq 36,178 tonnes 2023 down 69.7% volatile
66 Costa Rica 33,006 tonnes 2021 up 14.2% rising
67 Mauritius 21,576 tonnes 2017 up 203.2% rising
68 Fiji 19,158 tonnes 2023 up 189.2% volatile
69 Réunion 17,589 tonnes 2023 up 110.6% volatile
70 Guatemala 15,564 tonnes 2017 up 1,737.5% volatile
71 Ecuador 13,981 tonnes 2020 up 68.8% rising
72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13,428 tonnes 2022 down 98.6% volatile
73 Guadeloupe 13,157 tonnes 2023 up 10.9% volatile
74 Jamaica 10,000 tonnes 2006 unchanged flat
75 Liechtenstein 9,047 tonnes 2023 down 36.9% volatile
76 Cameroon 8,717 tonnes 2009 up 50.7% rising
77 Republic of Moldova 5,015 tonnes 2021 up 61.5% volatile
78 Monaco 4,512 tonnes 2023 up 1,397.0% volatile
79 Martinique 4,304 tonnes 2023 up 22.7% volatile
80 Panama 3,095 tonnes 2011 up 305.3% rising
81 Bermuda 1,800 tonnes 2019 up 209.3% volatile
82 French Guiana 1,687 tonnes 2023 up 149.6% volatile
83 Andorra 1,136 tonnes 2023 up 16.4% falling
84 Myanmar 875 tonnes 2021 up 209.2% rising
85 Dominica 768 tonnes 2021 up 39.1% rising
86 Lesotho 282.28 tonnes 2019 up 276.4% volatile
87 United Republic of Tanzania 68.23 tonnes 2021 up 24.6% rising
88 Trinidad and Tobago 32.4 tonnes 2022 down 100.0% volatile
89 Burkina Faso 18.3 tonnes 2011 down 94.6% volatile
90 Suriname 1 tonnes 2023 down 75.2% volatile
91 Brunei Darussalam 0.0022 tonnes 2023 down 35.3% 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 (Tonnes)
Unit
tonnes
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
Last refreshed