Table 1 Pearson product-moment correlation test between per capita GDP and reported waste management data per country

From: Future scenarios of global plastic waste generation and disposal

Per capita GDP (2016 USD)

r

p

n

Per capita municipal solid waste generation (kg y−1)

0.67

<0.005

160

Unsound disposal fraction (%)

−0.62

<0.005

95

Plastic fraction in municipal solid waste (%)

0.14

0.17

105

  1. Information on per capita municipal solid waste generation rate, unsound disposal fraction and plastic fraction in municipal solid waste. Pair with p values below 0.005 (in bold) are statistically significant. Per capita GDP demonstrates a statistically significant correlation with per capita solid municipal waste generation and unsound disposal fraction, respectively positive and negative.
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