Belize vs French Polynesia: Plastic waste exports

Belize

486.25 tonnes

in 2024

French Polynesia

373.27 tonnes

in 2022

Belize rank

108th

French Polynesia rank

111th

Plastic waste exports over time

Belize currently reports 486.25 tonnes against 373.27 tonnes in French Polynesia, a difference of 112.99 tonnes.

That makes Belize's figure about 1.3 times French Polynesia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1996 it was French Polynesia ahead.

Belize ranks 108th and French Polynesia ranks 111th 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.