Benin vs Guyana: Plastic waste exports

Benin

40.36 tonnes

in 2023

Guyana

38 tonnes

in 2024

Benin rank

126th

Guyana rank

128th

Plastic waste exports over time

Benin currently reports 40.36 tonnes against 38 tonnes in Guyana, a difference of 2.36 tonnes.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Guyana's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 126th and Guyana ranks 128th 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.