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environmental2024

Plastic waste exports

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•185 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
19,711.6tonnes
Median: 963.5tonnes
Countries Covered
185
with available data
Highest
Japan
683,122.8tonnes
Lowest
Solomon Islands
0.0tonnes
Top 5 Countries
1Japan683,122.8tonnes
2Netherlands557,595.1tonnes
3Belgium362,024.1tonnes
4Poland138,379.8tonnes
5Sweden122,609.7tonnes
By Region
Europe64,305.1tonnes(32 countries)
Asia41,640.3tonnes(26 countries)
Oceania27,647.3tonnes(2 countries)
Africa7,668.1tonnes(9 countries)
South America4,109.0tonnes(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0tonnes)High (683,122.8tonnes)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 19,711.6tonnes)

Europe (32)
Asia (26)
Oceania (2)
Africa (9)
South America (7)
Other (105)
North America (4)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Japan683,122.8tonnes
2Netherlands557,595.1tonnes
3Belgium362,024.1tonnes
4Poland138,379.8tonnes
5Sweden122,609.7tonnes
6Slovenia115,869.4tonnes
7Czech Republic115,364.2tonnes
8Philippines101,871.6tonnes
9Denmark87,149.2tonnes
10Switzerland86,849.0tonnes
11Ireland70,923.1tonnes
12Norway68,643.5tonnes
13Greece63,644.3tonnes
14People's Republic of China63,180.1tonnes
15Portugal53,082.4tonnes
16Croatia52,150.8tonnes
17Vietnam49,507.8tonnes
18South Africa44,367.1tonnes
19Indonesia42,926.2tonnes
20Tunisia42,528.3tonnes
21Slovakia41,139.4tonnes
22Bangladesh39,010.7tonnes
23Russian Federation35,846.4tonnes
24Dominican Republic31,073.5tonnes
25Australia28,019.7tonnes
26New Zealand27,274.9tonnes
27Saudi Arabia25,779.2tonnes
28Finland24,902.9tonnes
29Israel24,208.9tonnes
30United Republic of Tanzania22,310.3tonnes
31Islamic Republic of Iran21,047.4tonnes
32Honduras19,039.2tonnes
33Latvia18,693.8tonnes
34Jamaica16,938.1tonnes
35Estonia16,459.1tonnes
36Lithuania16,321.9tonnes
37Belarus16,256.5tonnes
38Bulgaria15,528.6tonnes
39Pakistan15,461.3tonnes
40Uganda13,622.4tonnes
41Sudan11,442.9tonnes
42Türkiye10,567.4tonnes
43Cyprus10,106.8tonnes
44Luxembourg9,859.2tonnes
45Nicaragua9,325.2tonnes
46Brazil8,987.5tonnes
47El Salvador8,674.5tonnes
48Nigeria8,318.5tonnes
49Iceland7,720.6tonnes
50Guatemala7,154.6tonnes
51Mauritania6,843.3tonnes
52Tajikistan6,674.8tonnes
53Chile6,655.5tonnes
54Myanmar6,542.7tonnes
55Hong Kong6,534.5tonnes
56Costa Rica6,467.7tonnes
57Kenya6,274.8tonnes
58Venezuela5,833.8tonnes
59Morocco5,174.2tonnes
60The Republic of North Macedonia4,985.5tonnes
61Syrian Arab Republic4,911.7tonnes
62Kuwait4,612.4tonnes
63Colombia4,601.2tonnes
64Panama4,563.1tonnes
65Malta4,548.2tonnes
66Albania4,167.1tonnes
67Ecuador3,917.0tonnes
68Andorra3,556.2tonnes
69Lao People's Democratic Republic3,374.8tonnes
70Libya3,372.6tonnes
71Namibia3,283.1tonnes
72Ethiopia3,160.6tonnes
73Argentina3,049.8tonnes
74Mali2,739.2tonnes
75Bosnia and Herzegovina2,681.7tonnes
76India2,621.4tonnes
77Mauritius2,414.4tonnes
78Zimbabwe2,141.8tonnes
79Djibouti2,131.1tonnes
80Burkina Faso2,119.0tonnes
81Mozambique1,950.9tonnes
82Serbia1,787.5tonnes
83Algeria1,544.5tonnes
84Zambia1,492.0tonnes
85Cote d'Ivoire1,467.2tonnes
86Bolivia1,450.7tonnes
87Cambodia1,226.1tonnes
88Bhutan1,187.7tonnes
89Barbados1,135.6tonnes
90Iraq1,099.0tonnes
91Togo1,090.0tonnes
92Mongolia1,066.2tonnes
93Rwanda963.5tonnes
94Trinidad and Tobago962.3tonnes
95Ukraine957.6tonnes
96Sri Lanka912.6tonnes
97Paraguay827.5tonnes
98Uruguay815.3tonnes
99Maldives812.9tonnes
100Eswatini778.2tonnes
101Peru736.6tonnes
102Yemen720.0tonnes
103Senegal707.6tonnes
104Botswana662.5tonnes
105Georgia622.9tonnes
106Kyrgyzstan596.6tonnes
107Uzbekistan530.4tonnes
108Montenegro527.2tonnes
109Belize486.3tonnes
110Suriname447.0tonnes
111Burundi431.6tonnes
112French Polynesia373.3tonnes
113Gabon359.6tonnes
114Republic of the Congo346.1tonnes
115Cuba335.1tonnes
116Armenia285.6tonnes
117Cameroon218.2tonnes
118Macao181.0tonnes
119Cape Verde177.2tonnes
120Egypt170.8tonnes
121Central African Republic135.0tonnes
122Azerbaijan131.2tonnes
123Saint Vincent and the Grenadines130.2tonnes
124Faroe Islands128.7tonnes
125Greenland120.5tonnes
126Bahamas100.5tonnes
127Palau92.7tonnes
128Saint Kitts and Nevis45.1tonnes
129New Caledonia41.4tonnes
130Benin40.4tonnes
131State of Palestine40.2tonnes
132Moldova, Republic of40.1tonnes
133Guyana38.0tonnes
134Afghanistan31.3tonnes
135Lesotho31.0tonnes
136Malawi30.2tonnes
137Democratic Republic of the Congo20.5tonnes
138Guadeloupe19.3tonnes
139Guinea18.0tonnes
140Grenada17.4tonnes
141Antigua and Barbuda16.1tonnes
142Saint Lucia15.4tonnes
143Sierra Leone13.8tonnes
144Madagascar11.1tonnes
145Cayman Islands10.1tonnes
146Samoa10.0tonnes
147Niger10.0tonnes
148Nepal8.0tonnes
149Brunei Darussalam7.0tonnes
150Kiribati2.5tonnes
151Angola2.0tonnes
152Timor-Leste1.0tonnes
153Papua New Guinea0.8tonnes
154Liberia0.7tonnes
155Dominica0.4tonnes
156Montserrat0.4tonnes
157Sao Tome and Principe0.1tonnes
158Aruba0.0tonnes
159Bermuda0.0tonnes
160Canada0.0tonnes
161Fiji0.0tonnes
162France0.0tonnes
163Republic of The Gambia0.0tonnes
164Germany0.0tonnes
165Ghana0.0tonnes
166Hungary0.0tonnes
167Italy0.0tonnes
168Kazakhstan0.0tonnes
169Jordan0.0tonnes
170South Korea0.0tonnes
171Lebanon0.0tonnes
172Malaysia0.0tonnes
173Mexico0.0tonnes
174Oman0.0tonnes
175Qatar0.0tonnes
176Romania0.0tonnes
177Singapore0.0tonnes
178Spain0.0tonnes
179Thailand0.0tonnes
180United Arab Emirates0.0tonnes
181United Kingdom0.0tonnes
182United States of America0.0tonnes
183Austria0.0tonnes
184Bahrain0.0tonnes
185Solomon Islands0.0tonnes
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Topics

#environmental#tonnes#plastic#waste#exports

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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