Cyprus vs Turkey: Plastic waste exports

Cyprus

10,107 tonnes

in 2024

Turkey

10,567 tonnes

in 2024

Cyprus rank

43rd

Turkey rank

42nd

Plastic waste exports over time

Turkey currently reports 10,567 tonnes against 10,107 tonnes in Cyprus, a difference of 460.6 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Turkey ahead.

Cyprus ranks 43rd and Turkey ranks 42nd 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.