Estonia vs Latvia: Plastic waste exports

Estonia

16,459 tonnes

in 2024

Latvia

18,694 tonnes

in 2024

Estonia rank

35th

Latvia rank

33rd

Plastic waste exports over time

Latvia currently reports 18,694 tonnes against 16,459 tonnes in Estonia, a difference of 2,235 tonnes.

That makes Latvia's figure about 1.1 times Estonia's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Latvia ahead.

Estonia ranks 35th and Latvia ranks 33rd 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.