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Global e-scrap generation per capita by region 2016-2025

Amount of e-scrap generated per inhabitant worldwide in 2016 and 2025, by region (in kilograms)

The data shows the volume of e-scrap generated per inhabitant worldwide in 2016 with a projection for 2025, by geographical region. In 2025, it is predicted that some five kilograms of e-scrap per inhabitant will be produced in the Asia-Pacific region.

World 5.6 6.7
Africa 1.5 1.8
Asia-Pacific 3.6 5
Eastern Europe 9.7 11.9
Latin America & Caribbean 6 6.8
U.S. & Canada 21.9 24.1
Western Europe and others
(except USA & Canada)
20.2 22.6