Bulgaria vs Lithuania: Plastic waste exports

Bulgaria

15,529 tonnes

in 2024

Lithuania

16,322 tonnes

in 2024

Bulgaria rank

38th

Lithuania rank

36th

Plastic waste exports over time

Lithuania currently reports 16,322 tonnes against 15,529 tonnes in Bulgaria, a difference of 793.3 tonnes.

That makes Lithuania's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 38th and Lithuania ranks 36th 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.