China vs Greece: Plastic waste exports

China

63,180 tonnes

in 2024

Greece

63,644 tonnes

in 2024

China rank

14th

Greece rank

13th

Plastic waste exports over time

Greece currently reports 63,644 tonnes against 63,180 tonnes in China, a difference of 464.2 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1992 it was China ahead.

China ranks 14th and Greece ranks 13th 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.