Statizoid

Burundi vs Congo: Plastic waste exports

Burundi
431.62 tonnes
in 2022
Congo
346.11 tonnes
in 2021
Burundi rank
110th
Congo rank
112th

Plastic waste exports over time

  • Burundi
  • Congo
0100200300400200220122022

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 431.62 tonnes against 346.11 tonnes in Congo, a difference of 85.51 tonnes.

That makes Burundi's figure about 1.2 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Congo ahead.

Burundi ranks 110th and Congo ranks 112th of 167 countries.

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About this data

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
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The amount of plastic waste a country exports to other countries, measured in tonnes per year.