Denmark vs Switzerland: Plastic waste exports

Denmark

87,149 tonnes

in 2024

Switzerland

86,849 tonnes

in 2024

Denmark rank

9th

Switzerland rank

10th

Plastic waste exports over time

Denmark currently reports 87,149 tonnes against 86,849 tonnes in Switzerland, a difference of 300.2 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Switzerland ahead.

Denmark ranks 9th and Switzerland ranks 10th 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.