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Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends in the beach (%) by country

Countries reporting
160
Highest
99.9%
Guinea
Lowest
11.2%
Bahamas
Median
69.8%
Years covered
6
2017–2022
Data points
981

What the numbers show

Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends in the beach (%) is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 99.9% in Guinea; the lowest is 11.2% in Bahamas.

The median across all reporting countries is 69.8%, and the mean is 68.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia (up 10.5%), and the largest decrease in Australia and New Zealand (down 13.1%).

Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea 99.9% 2021 — flat
2 Ecuador 99.8% 2021 — flat
3 Ghana 99.7% 2021 — flat
4 Liberia 99.6% 2021 — flat
5 Togo 99.4% 2021 — flat
6 Gabon 99.3% 2021 — flat
7 Cameroon 99.1% 2021 — flat
8 Angola 99.0% 2021 — flat
9 Sierra Leone 98.9% 2021 — flat
10 Congo 98.5% 2021 — flat
11 Cote d'Ivoire 98.5% 2021 — flat
11 Côte d'Ivoire 98.5% 2021 — flat
13 Guinea-Bissau 98.2% 2021 — rising
14 Benin 98.1% 2021 — flat
15 Nigeria 97.9% 2021 — flat
16 Qatar 97.8% 2021 — flat
17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 97.6% 2021 — flat
18 Bahrain 97.2% 2021 — flat
19 Sao Tome and Principe 97.2% 2021 — flat
20 Equatorial Guinea 96.5% 2021 — flat
21 Belize 96.2% 2021 — flat
22 Saudi Arabia 95.6% 2021 — flat
23 Honduras 95.3% 2021 — flat
24 Sudan 95.2% 2021 — flat
25 Eritrea 95.1% 2021 — rising
26 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 89.9% 2021 — flat
27 Latvia 88.8% 2021 — falling
28 Kuwait 88.7% 2021 — flat
29 Yemen 88.3% 2021 — rising
30 Gambia 87.6% 2021 — rising
31 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 87.4% 2021 — flat
32 Colombia 86.7% 2021 — flat
33 Lithuania 86.4% 2021 — falling
34 Germany 85.4% 2021 — flat
35 Poland 85.0% 2021 — flat
36 Egypt 84.9% 2021 — falling
37 Peru 83.0% 2021 — flat
38 Guyana 83.0% 2021 — falling
39 Estonia 82.9% 2021 — falling
40 Djibouti 82.4% 2021 — flat
41 Senegal 81.9% 2021 — rising
42 Finland 81.5% 2021 — falling
43 Papua New Guinea 80.8% 2021 — rising
44 Namibia 80.7% 2021 — rising
45 State of Palestine 80.4% 2021 — flat
46 Denmark 79.1% 2021 — falling
47 Sweden 78.8% 2021 — flat
48 China 78.3% 2021 — flat
49 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 78.3% 2021 — falling
50 Thailand 78.1% 2021 — flat
51 Greece 78.0% 2021 — flat
52 Melanesia 78.0% 2022 up 1.4% flat
53 Syria 77.3% 2021 — flat
53 Syrian Arab Republic 77.3% 2021 — flat
55 Israel 77.0% 2021 — flat
56 Cyprus 76.1% 2021 — flat
57 Lebanon 75.8% 2021 — flat
58 Panama 75.5% 2021 — rising
59 Libya 74.9% 2021 — flat
60 Suriname 74.9% 2021 — falling
61 Ireland 74.9% 2021 — falling
62 Bangladesh 74.8% 2021 — rising
63 United Kingdom 72.8% 2021 — falling
63 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 72.8% 2021 — falling
65 Solomon Islands 72.4% 2021 — rising
66 Vietnam 72.3% 2021 — flat
66 Viet Nam 72.3% 2021 — flat
68 Somalia 72.0% 2021 — flat
69 Costa Rica 72.0% 2021 — flat
70 Vanuatu 72.0% 2021 — flat
71 Turkey 71.9% 2021 — flat
71 Türkiye 71.9% 2021 — flat
73 Oman 71.6% 2021 — flat
74 France 71.6% 2021 — flat
75 Uruguay 71.0% 2021 — rising
76 Cambodia 70.4% 2021 — flat
77 Trinidad and Tobago 70.3% 2021 — flat
78 French Guiana 70.1% 2021 — falling
79 Mauritania 70.0% 2021 — rising
80 Fiji 70.0% 2021 — flat
81 Gibraltar 69.6% 2021 — rising
82 Tunisia 69.0% 2021 — flat
83 Belgium 68.8% 2021 — falling
84 Italy 68.0% 2021 — rising
85 Myanmar 67.4% 2021 — rising
86 Canada 66.8% 2021 — flat
87 Algeria 66.3% 2021 — rising
88 Malta 66.2% 2021 — flat
89 India 66.0% 2021 — rising
90 Bulgaria 65.9% 2021 — rising
91 Ukraine 65.4% 2021 — rising
92 Norway 65.3% 2021 — rising
93 Pakistan 65.2% 2021 — flat
94 Spain 65.0% 2021 — rising
95 Mexico 64.4% 2021 — rising
96 Brazil 64.2% 2021 — flat
97 Montenegro 62.9% 2021 — rising
98 Australia 62.8% 2021 — flat
99 Albania 62.6% 2021 — rising
100 Romania 62.5% 2021 — rising
101 Mozambique 62.4% 2021 — flat
102 Grenada 61.9% 2021 — flat
103 Samoa 60.8% 2021 — falling
104 Comoros 60.0% 2021 — falling
105 Malaysia 59.1% 2021 — flat
106 Russia 59.1% 2021 — flat
106 Russian Federation 59.1% 2021 — flat
108 Haiti 59.1% 2021 — flat
109 Philippines 58.7% 2021 — flat
110 Croatia 58.7% 2021 — flat
111 Dominican Republic 58.2% 2021 — falling
112 Palau 58.0% 2021 — rising
113 United Republic of Tanzania 57.6% 2021 — falling
114 Martinique 57.1% 2021 — falling
115 Sri Lanka 57.0% 2021 — flat
116 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 56.8% 2021 — flat
117 Madagascar 56.6% 2021 — flat
118 Australia and New Zealand 55.8% 2022 down 13.1% falling
119 Indonesia 55.0% 2021 — falling
120 Brunei 53.9% 2021 — falling
120 Brunei Darussalam 53.9% 2021 — falling
122 Saint Lucia 53.6% 2021 — falling
123 Micronesia 53.3% 2022 up 10.5% rising
124 Guatemala 52.5% 2021 — falling
125 East Timor 51.3% 2021 — flat
125 Timor-Leste 51.3% 2021 — flat
127 Dominica 51.1% 2021 — flat
128 Micronesia (Federated States of) 51.1% 2021 — rising
129 Tonga 50.8% 2021 — falling
130 Kenya 50.5% 2021 — falling
131 South Korea 50.5% 2021 — rising
131 Republic of Korea 50.5% 2021 — rising
133 Jamaica 50.3% 2021 — flat
134 Maldives 50.0% 2021 — falling
135 Barbados 49.8% 2021 — falling
136 Portugal 49.5% 2021 — rising
137 El Salvador 49.1% 2021 — rising
138 Georgia 48.0% 2021 — rising
139 Nicaragua 47.0% 2021 — rising
140 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 46.8% 2021 — flat
141 Guadeloupe 46.8% 2021 — falling
142 Kiribati 46.2% 2021 — flat
143 Morocco 45.6% 2021 — rising
144 Seychelles 44.9% 2021 — falling
145 Cabo Verde 42.6% 2021 — rising
146 Puerto Rico 42.1% 2021 — falling
147 Saint Kitts and Nevis 40.4% 2021 — falling
148 Iceland 39.0% 2021 — rising
149 Antigua and Barbuda 35.6% 2021 — falling
150 Mauritius 35.0% 2021 — flat
151 Chile 34.7% 2021 — rising
152 United States 31.1% 2021 — flat
153 Argentina 28.6% 2021 — rising
154 Western Sahara 28.4% 2021 — flat
155 Reunion 25.5% 2021 — flat
155 Réunion 25.5% 2021 — flat
157 South Africa 22.2% 2021 — rising
158 New Zealand 17.5% 2021 — falling
159 Japan 15.6% 2021 — falling
160 Bahamas 11.2% 2021 — 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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Indicator
Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends in the beach (%)
Unit
%
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
190 places, 981 data points, 2017–2022
Last refreshed