Municipal Solid Waste per Capita
WorldSocial / HealthEconomicAmount of municipal solid waste generated by countries per capita
World BankA 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 | Value | Class | Rank | Value | Atlantic Ocean Seaboard | Baja California | California | Churchill | Columbia and Northwestern United States | Fraser | Great Basin | Gulf Coast | Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Coast | Hudson Bay Coast | Mackenzie | Mexico, Northwest Coast | Mississippi - Missouri | North America, Colorado | Northwest Territories | Pacific and Arctic Coast | Río Grande - Bravo | Saskatchewan - Nelson | St John | St Lawrence | United States, North Atlantic Coast | |
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26.8% | 0.273% | 42.5% | 4.84% | 23.3% | 22.5% | 22.1% | 40.8% | 69.5% | 22.9% | 43.3% | 5.78% | 45.4% | 30.9% | 63.9% | 49.2% | 24.7% | 28.5% | 2.90% | 27.2% | 47.9% |