Municipal Solid Waste per Capita
WorldSocial / HealthEconomicAmount of municipal solid waste generated by countries per capita
A map displaying municipal solid waste per capita in kilograms per day. More than 1.5 is shaded dark red (U S A and Canada). 1 to 1.5 is shaded light red (Russia, Australia). 0.5 to 0.9 is shaded medium orange (Brazil, China). Less than 0.5 is shaded light orange (India, Democratic Republic of Congo).
Class | Rank | Kilograms per day | Class | Rank | Million Metric Tons | Class | Rank | Percent of world production | High | Arctic | California | Eastern Woodlands, Northeast | Great Basin | Northwest Coast | Plains | Plateau | Southwest | Subarctic | |
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1 | 29.7% | 77.4% | 38.6% | 49.3% | 2.22% | 45.8% | 17.2% | 40.0% | 47.9% |
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