Czechia vs Sweden: Plastic waste exports

Czechia

115,364 tonnes

in 2024

Sweden

122,610 tonnes

in 2024

Czechia rank

7th

Sweden rank

5th

Plastic waste exports over time

Sweden currently reports 122,610 tonnes against 115,364 tonnes in Czechia, a difference of 7,246 tonnes.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Czechia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Sweden ahead.

Czechia ranks 7th and Sweden ranks 5th 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.