Bolivia vs Zambia: Plastic waste exports

Bolivia

1,451 tonnes

in 2024

Zambia

1,492 tonnes

in 2023

Bolivia rank

85th

Zambia rank

83rd

Plastic waste exports over time

Zambia currently reports 1,492 tonnes against 1,451 tonnes in Bolivia, a difference of 41.33 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Bolivia ahead.

Bolivia ranks 85th and Zambia ranks 83rd 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.