Brazil vs Cyprus: Plastic waste exports

Brazil

8,988 tonnes

in 2024

Cyprus

10,107 tonnes

in 2024

Brazil rank

46th

Cyprus rank

43rd

Plastic waste exports over time

Cyprus currently reports 10,107 tonnes against 8,988 tonnes in Brazil, a difference of 1,119 tonnes.

That makes Cyprus's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 46th and Cyprus ranks 43rd 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.