Albania vs Malta: Plastic waste exports

Albania

4,167 tonnes

in 2016

Malta

4,548 tonnes

in 2024

Albania rank

66th

Malta rank

65th

Plastic waste exports over time

Malta currently reports 4,548 tonnes against 4,167 tonnes in Albania, a difference of 381.05 tonnes.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Albania's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Malta ahead.

Albania ranks 66th and Malta ranks 65th of 167 countries.

Indicator: Plastic waste exports
Unit: tonnes
Source: United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 167 places, 3,957 data points, 1988–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The amount of plastic waste a country exports to other countries, measured in tonnes per year.