Botswana vs Yemen: Plastic waste exports

Botswana

662.47 tonnes

in 2023

Yemen

720 tonnes

in 2018

Botswana rank

103rd

Yemen rank

101st

Plastic waste exports over time

Yemen currently reports 720 tonnes against 662.47 tonnes in Botswana, a difference of 57.53 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Yemen ahead.

Botswana ranks 103rd and Yemen ranks 101st 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.