Congo vs French Polynesia: Plastic waste exports

Congo

346.11 tonnes

in 2021

French Polynesia

373.27 tonnes

in 2022

Congo rank

112th

French Polynesia rank

111th

Plastic waste exports over time

French Polynesia currently reports 373.27 tonnes against 346.11 tonnes in Congo, a difference of 27.16 tonnes.

That makes French Polynesia's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2007 it was French Polynesia ahead.

Congo ranks 112th and French Polynesia ranks 111th 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.