Greenland vs Nepal: Plastic waste per capita imports vs exports

Greenland
0
in 2017
Nepal
0.0001
in 2022
Greenland rank
158th
Nepal rank
155th

Plastic waste per capita imports vs exports over time

  • Greenland
  • Nepal
00.020.040.060.080.1199420082022

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 0.0001 against 0 in Greenland, a difference of 0.0001.

That makes Nepal's figure about 2.8 times Greenland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Greenland ahead.

Greenland ranks 158th and Nepal ranks 155th of 182 countries.

Greenland has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Greenland Nepal Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0004 0 0.0004 Greenland
2000s 0.0007 0.0003 0.0004 Greenland
2010s 0.0278 0.0001 0.0277 Greenland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher plastic waste per capita imports vs exports, Greenland or Nepal?
Nepal, at 0.0001 against 0 in Greenland as of 2022.
What is the difference in plastic waste per capita imports vs exports between Greenland and Nepal?
0.0001, with Nepal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Nepal?
7 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2017.
How do Greenland and Nepal rank globally for plastic waste per capita imports vs exports?
Greenland ranks 158th and Nepal ranks 155th of 182 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Plastic waste per capita imports vs exports. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Greenland vs Nepal: Plastic waste per capita imports vs exports. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 25 August 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/plastic-waste-per-capita-imports-vs-exports/greenland/nepal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/plastic-waste-per-capita-imports-vs-exports/greenland/nepal/">Greenland vs Nepal: Plastic waste per capita imports vs exports</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Plastic waste per capita imports vs exports
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
183 places, 4,496 data points, 1988–2024
Last refreshed