Denmark vs Ireland: Plastic waste exports

Denmark

87,149 tonnes

in 2024

Ireland

70,923 tonnes

in 2024

Denmark rank

9th

Ireland rank

11th

Plastic waste exports over time

Denmark currently reports 87,149 tonnes against 70,923 tonnes in Ireland, a difference of 16,226 tonnes.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.2 times Ireland's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 9th and Ireland ranks 11th 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.