Belgium vs Netherlands: Plastic waste exports

Belgium

362,024 tonnes

in 2024

Netherlands

557,595 tonnes

in 2024

Belgium rank

3rd

Netherlands rank

2nd

Plastic waste exports over time

Netherlands currently reports 557,595 tonnes against 362,024 tonnes in Belgium, a difference of 195,571 tonnes.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.5 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Netherlands ahead.

Belgium ranks 3rd and Netherlands ranks 2nd 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.