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Global per capita e-waste generation by country 2019

Published by Ian Tiseo, Oct 4, 2022
In 2019, Norway had the highest generation of e-waste per capita worldwide. At 28.5 kilograms per capita, this was slightly ahead of both the United Kingdom and Denmark. That year, global e-waste generation increased to to approximately 54 million metric tons. Electronic waste can take a number of forms, such as phones, air conditioning units, washing machines and lamps.

Leading countries based on per capita electronic waste generation in 2019 (in kilograms per person)

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Release date

July 2020

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2019

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