Denmark vs Norway: Plastic waste exports

Denmark

87,149 tonnes

in 2024

Norway

68,644 tonnes

in 2024

Denmark rank

9th

Norway rank

12th

Plastic waste exports over time

Denmark currently reports 87,149 tonnes against 68,644 tonnes in Norway, a difference of 18,506 tonnes.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.3 times Norway's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 9th and Norway ranks 12th 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.