Ecuador vs Laos: Plastic waste exports

Ecuador

3,917 tonnes

in 2024

Laos

3,375 tonnes

in 2023

Ecuador rank

67th

Laos rank

69th

Plastic waste exports over time

Ecuador currently reports 3,917 tonnes against 3,375 tonnes in Laos, a difference of 542.19 tonnes.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.2 times Laos's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 67th and Laos ranks 69th 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.