China vs Norway: Plastic waste exports

China

63,180 tonnes

in 2024

Norway

68,644 tonnes

in 2024

China rank

14th

Norway rank

12th

Plastic waste exports over time

Norway currently reports 68,644 tonnes against 63,180 tonnes in China, a difference of 5,463 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 9 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was China ahead.

China ranks 14th and Norway ranks 12th 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.