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Municipal Solid Waste per Capita

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Amount of municipal solid waste generated by countries per capita

World Bank

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).

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Countries

Municipal Solid Waste per Capita

Years of Schooling

Land Cover

Class

Rank

Kilograms per day

Class

Rank

Years

Evergreen forest

Deciduous forest

Mixed forest

Shrublands

Savannas

Grasslands

Permanent wetlands

Urban and built-up

Cropland and natural vegetation

Snow and ice

Barren or sparsely vegetated

58.3%3.15%8.37%1.30%
17.6%20.2%80.1%
9.88%64.2%5.91%6.24%15.0%
71.7%2.02%5.50%3.18%37.4%1.41%1.23%19.4%
1.98%7.05%20.2%36.3%1.79%1.31%7.96%
11.4%7.36%16.1%11.7%19.9%9.42%1.68%56.1%7.67%4.38%
40.9%10.7%14.6%26.6%22.6%5.24%1.36%5.92%1.48%6.93%
67.6%12.2%1.77%92.7%86.4%
8.46%3.07%1.96%15.0%5.22%10.1%1.60%8.58%3.35%1.46%
3.30%5.27%6.60%8.43%2.45%6.36%58.4%3.18%2.25%
31.5%3.03%18.2%2.24%7.78%
2.06%6.17%2.12%27.6%4.70%84.6%
29.9%1.30%23.1%33.6%9.95%1.49%12.9%39.9%
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