Denmark vs Philippines: Plastic waste exports

Denmark

87,149 tonnes

in 2024

Philippines

101,872 tonnes

in 2024

Denmark rank

9th

Philippines rank

8th

Plastic waste exports over time

Philippines currently reports 101,872 tonnes against 87,149 tonnes in Denmark, a difference of 14,723 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 9 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 9th and Philippines ranks 8th 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.