Ethiopia vs Libya: Plastic waste exports

Ethiopia

3,161 tonnes

in 2023

Libya

3,373 tonnes

in 2019

Ethiopia rank

72nd

Libya rank

70th

Plastic waste exports over time

Libya currently reports 3,373 tonnes against 3,161 tonnes in Ethiopia, a difference of 212.04 tonnes.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 72nd and Libya ranks 70th 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.