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Germany vs United Kingdom: Plastic waste exports

Germany
0 tonnes
in 2024
United Kingdom
0 tonnes
in 2024
Germany rank
144th
United Kingdom rank
144th

Plastic waste exports over time

  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
0500.0k1.0M1.5M199120072024

How they compare

Germany currently reports 0 tonnes against 0 tonnes in United Kingdom, a difference of 0 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 144th and United Kingdom ranks 144th 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.