Chile vs Mauritania: Plastic waste exports

Chile

6,656 tonnes

in 2024

Mauritania

6,843 tonnes

in 2023

Chile rank

53rd

Mauritania rank

51st

Plastic waste exports over time

Mauritania currently reports 6,843 tonnes against 6,656 tonnes in Chile, a difference of 187.75 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2016 it was Mauritania ahead.

Chile ranks 53rd and Mauritania ranks 51st 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.