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Benin vs Palau: Plastic waste exports

Benin
40.36 tonnes
in 2023
Palau
92.68 tonnes
in 2018
Benin rank
126th
Palau rank
124th

Plastic waste exports over time

  • Benin
  • Palau
0200400600199820102023

How they compare

Palau currently reports 92.68 tonnes against 40.36 tonnes in Benin, a difference of 52.32 tonnes.

That makes Palau's figure about 2.3 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 126th and Palau ranks 124th of 167 countries.

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About this data

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