Brazil vs Iceland: Plastic waste exports

Brazil

8,988 tonnes

in 2024

Iceland

7,721 tonnes

in 2024

Brazil rank

46th

Iceland rank

49th

Plastic waste exports over time

Brazil currently reports 8,988 tonnes against 7,721 tonnes in Iceland, a difference of 1,267 tonnes.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.2 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 46th and Iceland ranks 49th 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.