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French Polynesia vs Suriname: Plastic waste exports

French Polynesia
373.27 tonnes
in 2022
Suriname
447.04 tonnes
in 2024
French Polynesia rank
111th
Suriname rank
109th

Plastic waste exports over time

  • French Polynesia
  • Suriname
0200400600800199620102024

How they compare

Suriname currently reports 447.04 tonnes against 373.27 tonnes in French Polynesia, a difference of 73.77 tonnes.

That makes Suriname's figure about 1.2 times French Polynesia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 1999 it was French Polynesia ahead.

French Polynesia ranks 111th and Suriname ranks 109th of 167 countries.

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About this data

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
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The amount of plastic waste a country exports to other countries, measured in tonnes per year.