Cameroon vs Egypt: Plastic waste exports

Cameroon

218.22 tonnes

in 2023

Egypt

170.75 tonnes

in 2024

Cameroon rank

115th

Egypt rank

117th

Plastic waste exports over time

Cameroon currently reports 218.22 tonnes against 170.75 tonnes in Egypt, a difference of 47.47 tonnes.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.3 times Egypt's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Egypt ahead.

Cameroon ranks 115th and Egypt ranks 117th 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.