Australia vs Finland: Plastic waste exports

Australia

28,020 tonnes

in 2024

Finland

24,903 tonnes

in 2024

Australia rank

25th

Finland rank

28th

Plastic waste exports over time

Australia currently reports 28,020 tonnes against 24,903 tonnes in Finland, a difference of 3,117 tonnes.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Finland's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Finland ahead.

Australia ranks 25th and Finland ranks 28th 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.