New Zealand vs Sierra Leone: Per capita plastic waste exports and imports by income group
New Zealand
0.0799 kilograms
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.099 kilograms
in 2018
New Zealand rank
71st
Sierra Leone rank
68th
Per capita plastic waste exports and imports by income group over time
- New Zealand
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.099 kilograms against 0.0799 kilograms in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0191 kilograms.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.2 times New Zealand's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2014 it was New Zealand ahead.
New Zealand ranks 71st and Sierra Leone ranks 68th of 172 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita plastic waste exports and imports by income group, New Zealand or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.099 kilograms against 0.0799 kilograms in New Zealand as of 2018.
- What is the difference in per capita plastic waste exports and imports by income group between New Zealand and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0191 kilograms, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Sierra Leone?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2018.
- How do New Zealand and Sierra Leone rank globally for per capita plastic waste exports and imports by income group?
- New Zealand ranks 71st and Sierra Leone ranks 68th of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita plastic waste exports and imports by income group. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Amount of plastic waste imported per person, measured in kilograms per person per year.