Table 2.

Ranking of the eight represented countries.

	Plastic leaked to the marine environment (Thousand T/year) based on Jambeck et al., 2015 (2010 values)	Population (millions) (CIA, 2017)	GDP per capita ($US) (CIA, 2017)
China	1314.1–3527.9	1373.5	14,600
India	89.4–239.2	1266.9	6700
Brazil	70.2–188.6	205.8	14,800
USA	41.0–110.2	324.0	57,300
Australia	2.1–5.6	23.0	48,800
Canada	1.2–3.2	35.4	46,200
Singapore	1.0–2.6	5.8	87,100
Denmark	0.3–0.7	5.6	46,600