Cyprus vs Uganda: Plastic waste exports

Cyprus

10,107 tonnes

in 2024

Uganda

13,622 tonnes

in 2023

Cyprus rank

43rd

Uganda rank

40th

Plastic waste exports over time

Uganda currently reports 13,622 tonnes against 10,107 tonnes in Cyprus, a difference of 3,516 tonnes.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.3 times Cyprus's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Cyprus ahead.

Cyprus ranks 43rd and Uganda ranks 40th 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.