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Surface plastic particles by ocean basin, 2013

Number of plastic particles floating at the ocean surface within each of the world's ocean or marine basins. This includes the total number of particlesranging from
small microplastics to macroplastics. It includes only plastics within surface waters (and not at depth or on the seafloor).

01 trillion2 trillion3 trillion4 trillion5 trillionGlobal ocean (total)5.25 trillionNorth Pacific1.98 trillionIndian Ocean1.3 trillionNorth Atlantic931 billionSouth Pacific490 billionSouth Atlantic297.5 billionMediterranean Sea247.4 billion

Source: Eriksen et al. (2014)