Democratic Republic of Congo vs Lesotho: Plastic waste exports

Democratic Republic of Congo

20.5 tonnes

in 2023

Lesotho

31.01 tonnes

in 2021

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

131st

Lesotho rank

129th

Plastic waste exports over time

Lesotho currently reports 31.01 tonnes against 20.5 tonnes in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 10.51 tonnes.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.5 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2017 it was Lesotho ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 131st and Lesotho ranks 129th 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.