Botswana vs Senegal: Plastic waste exports

Botswana

662.47 tonnes

in 2023

Senegal

707.55 tonnes

in 2023

Botswana rank

103rd

Senegal rank

102nd

Plastic waste exports over time

Senegal currently reports 707.55 tonnes against 662.47 tonnes in Botswana, a difference of 45.08 tonnes.

That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 103rd and Senegal ranks 102nd 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.