Brazil vs Nigeria: Plastic waste exports

Brazil

8,988 tonnes

in 2024

Nigeria

8,319 tonnes

in 2024

Brazil rank

46th

Nigeria rank

48th

Plastic waste exports over time

Brazil currently reports 8,988 tonnes against 8,319 tonnes in Nigeria, a difference of 668.99 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 8 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 46th and Nigeria ranks 48th 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.