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China vs Ireland: Plastic waste exports

China
63,180 tonnes
in 2024
Ireland
70,923 tonnes
in 2024
China rank
14th
Ireland rank
11th

Plastic waste exports over time

  • China
  • Ireland
050.0k100.0k150.0k199220082024

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 70,923 tonnes against 63,180 tonnes in China, a difference of 7,743 tonnes.

That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times China's.

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

China ranks 14th and Ireland ranks 11th 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.