We measure ocean plastic pollution as the absolute quantity, in millions of metric tons, of plastics a country releases into the oceans in a given year. A score of 100 indicates a country emits zero tons of plastic each year, while a score of 0 indicates a country is among the highest (≥99th-percentile) ocean plastic polluters.
Ocean Plastics
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | NA | NA | NA |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 83.70 | 1.50 |
| Barbados | 10 | 62.40 | 10.80 |
| Cabo Verde | 11 | 61.70 | 10.80 |
| Bahrain | 19 | 54.80 | 9.20 |
| Cyprus | 23 | 53.40 | 2.50 |
| Comoros | 26 | 51.30 | 3.00 |
| Costa Rica | 29 | 49.50 | 11.50 |
| Belize | 33 | 48.10 | 1.60 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 34 | 47.70 | 1.20 |
| Bahamas | 38 | 46.80 | -1.70 |
| Djibouti | 41 | 46.30 | NA |
| Belgium | 48 | 43.60 | 10.50 |
| Bulgaria | 59 | 37.60 | NA |
| Benin | 67 | 36.00 | -8.10 |
| Colombia | 70 | 34.40 | 11.10 |
| Republic of Congo | 71 | 34.00 | -9.30 |
| Chile | 72 | 33.50 | 0.60 |
| Australia | 73 | 33.10 | 11.60 |
| Cameroon | 76 | 32.50 | -12.50 |
| Albania | 78 | 32.10 | 4.10 |
| Canada | 86 | 30.20 | 9.10 |
| Germany | 90 | 29.50 | 5.10 |
| Cuba | 102 | 20.70 | 0.30 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 104 | 20.40 | -4.40 |
| Angola | 107 | 19.50 | -12.80 |
| Argentina | 114 | 17.70 | -0.40 |
| Bangladesh | 119 | 14.60 | 0.90 |
| United Arab Emirates | 123 | 13.80 | -9.30 |
| Brazil | 130 | 5.80 | 4.60 |
| China | 134 | 0.10 | -1.70 |
| Armenia | NA | NA | NA |
| Austria | NA | NA | NA |
| Azerbaijan | NA | NA | NA |
| Burundi | NA | NA | NA |
| Burkina Faso | NA | NA | NA |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | NA | NA | NA |
| Belarus | NA | NA | NA |
| Bolivia | NA | NA | NA |
| Bhutan | NA | NA | NA |
| Botswana | NA | NA | NA |
| Central African Republic | NA | NA | NA |
| Switzerland | NA | NA | NA |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | NA | NA | NA |
| Czech Republic | NA | NA | NA |
| Dominica | 2 | 74.30 | 9.00 |
| Grenada | 5 | 70.40 | 8.00 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 63.10 | 2.90 |
| Iceland | 16 | 56.40 | 11.10 |
| Eritrea | 21 | 54.40 | 13.30 |
| Georgia | 22 | 53.70 | 15.10 |
| Fiji | 35 | 47.60 | 4.10 |
| Estonia | 37 | 47.20 | 1.10 |
| Croatia | 39 | 46.70 | 8.20 |
| Finland | 40 | 46.50 | 11.50 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 42 | 46.20 | 4.20 |
| Guinea | 43 | 45.90 | -2.10 |
| Gambia | 47 | 43.70 | 2.90 |
| Gabon | 49 | 43.50 | -4.40 |
| Guyana | 52 | 41.50 | 0.80 |
| Ireland | 53 | 41.40 | 11.20 |
| Micronesia | 55 | 39.10 | -18.40 |
| Denmark | 55 | 39.10 | 11.00 |
| Israel | 63 | 36.60 | 10.20 |
| Greece | 65 | 36.30 | 12.30 |
| Honduras | 75 | 32.80 | 6.60 |
| Jamaica | 77 | 32.40 | 5.20 |
| Ghana | 81 | 31.50 | 6.70 |
| Spain | 87 | 29.70 | 12.20 |
| France | 89 | 29.60 | 10.50 |
| Guatemala | 91 | 28.40 | -1.20 |
| Ecuador | 94 | 27.50 | 4.20 |
| United Kingdom | 99 | 24.40 | 7.60 |
| Italy | 106 | 19.90 | 4.80 |
| Haiti | 107 | 19.50 | 1.80 |
| Iran | 109 | 19.40 | -1.90 |
| Kenya | 110 | 18.90 | -10.60 |
| Dominican Republic | 110 | 18.90 | 1.80 |
| Japan | 121 | 14.20 | 1.00 |
| Algeria | 127 | 10.50 | -2.00 |
| Egypt | 131 | 4.30 | -6.80 |
| Ethiopia | NA | NA | NA |
| Hungary | NA | NA | NA |
| Pakistan | 129 | 10.20 | -10.30 |
| Indonesia | 135 | NA | NA |
| India | 135 | NA | NA |
| Iraq | NA | NA | NA |
| Jordan | NA | NA | NA |
| Kazakhstan | NA | NA | NA |
| Kyrgyzstan | NA | NA | NA |
| Marshall Islands | 4 | 72.50 | 5.00 |
| Saint Lucia | 12 | 60.90 | 7.90 |
| Malta | 13 | 59.70 | 11.40 |
| Lithuania | 15 | 57.40 | 10.20 |
| Kiribati | 18 | 55.70 | -1.00 |
| Maldives | 24 | 52.90 | 6.10 |
| Norway | 28 | 50.10 | 13.90 |
| Namibia | 30 | 49.00 | -8.90 |
| Latvia | 31 | 48.80 | -0.40 |
| Mauritania | 32 | 48.70 | 11.50 |
| Montenegro | 46 | 44.60 | 6.20 |
| New Zealand | 50 | 42.80 | 11.90 |
| Poland | 51 | 42.70 | 6.80 |
| Liberia | 57 | 38.70 | 0.30 |
| Papua New Guinea | 58 | 38.30 | 2.90 |
| Netherlands | 61 | 37.50 | 10.80 |
| Portugal | 61 | 37.50 | 13.30 |
| Mozambique | 80 | 31.90 | -0.50 |
| Madagascar | 82 | 31.40 | 3.30 |
| Lebanon | 83 | 31.10 | -0.50 |
| Nicaragua | 84 | 30.40 | 3.20 |
| Panama | 87 | 29.70 | 0.70 |
| Sudan | 92 | 27.80 | -21.10 |
| Sri Lanka | 95 | 26.00 | 0.60 |
| South Korea | 97 | 24.90 | 10.50 |
| Morocco | 103 | 20.60 | 2.90 |
| Oman | 112 | 18.50 | -4.70 |
| Peru | 115 | 17.40 | 0.40 |
| Malaysia | 117 | 17.10 | 0.30 |
| Mexico | 118 | 15.20 | -3.30 |
| Kuwait | 119 | 14.60 | -7.40 |
| Nigeria | 124 | 12.70 | 2.40 |
| Myanmar | 125 | 12.50 | -6.40 |
| Philippines | 132 | 3.80 | -6.00 |
| Laos | NA | NA | NA |
| Lesotho | NA | NA | NA |
| Luxembourg | NA | NA | NA |
| Moldova | NA | NA | NA |
| North Macedonia | NA | NA | NA |
| Mali | NA | NA | NA |
| Mongolia | NA | NA | NA |
| Malawi | NA | NA | NA |
| Niger | NA | NA | NA |
| Nepal | NA | NA | NA |
| Paraguay | NA | NA | NA |
| Samoa | 3 | 73.60 | 11.10 |
| Tonga | 6 | 69.80 | 11.20 |
| Seychelles | 7 | 69.10 | 8.40 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8 | 65.00 | 1.80 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 14 | 58.10 | -1.90 |
| Qatar | 17 | 56.00 | 1.30 |
| Mauritius | 20 | 54.70 | 14.50 |
| Vanuatu | 25 | 52.00 | -2.10 |
| Timor-Leste | 27 | 50.60 | -6.20 |
| Uruguay | 35 | 47.60 | 8.50 |
| Suriname | 44 | 45.60 | -4.00 |
| Sweden | 45 | 44.80 | 12.70 |
| Saudi Arabia | 54 | 40.40 | 6.60 |
| Sierra Leone | 59 | 37.60 | 0.60 |
| Singapore | 64 | 36.40 | 9.80 |
| El Salvador | 66 | 36.10 | 11.80 |
| Solomon Islands | 67 | 36.00 | 2.10 |
| Cambodia | 69 | 34.80 | -11.60 |
| Togo | 74 | 32.90 | -2.00 |
| Taiwan | 79 | 32.00 | 11.90 |
| Romania | 85 | 30.30 | -14.10 |
| Tunisia | 92 | 27.80 | 3.00 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 96 | 25.60 | 2.00 |
| Senegal | 98 | 24.70 | 0.30 |
| Tanzania | 100 | 23.40 | -2.80 |
| Russia | 101 | 23.10 | 11.30 |
| Ukraine | 104 | 20.40 | -1.10 |
| Turkey | 113 | 18.30 | -0.60 |
| South Africa | 116 | 17.30 | -2.80 |
| Venezuela | 122 | 14.00 | -2.30 |
| Viet Nam | 126 | 12.30 | 0.20 |
| United States of America | 127 | 10.50 | 10.20 |
| Thailand | 133 | 3.10 | -2.70 |
| Rwanda | NA | NA | NA |
| Serbia | NA | NA | NA |
| Slovakia | NA | NA | NA |
| Slovenia | NA | NA | NA |
| Eswatini | NA | NA | NA |
| Chad | NA | NA | NA |
| Tajikistan | NA | NA | NA |
| Turkmenistan | NA | NA | NA |
| Uganda | NA | NA | NA |
| Uzbekistan | NA | NA | NA |
| Zambia | NA | NA | NA |
| Zimbabwe | NA | NA | NA |