Greece vs Ireland: Plastic waste exports

Greece

63,644 tonnes

in 2024

Ireland

70,923 tonnes

in 2024

Greece rank

13th

Ireland rank

11th

Plastic waste exports over time

Ireland currently reports 70,923 tonnes against 63,644 tonnes in Greece, a difference of 7,279 tonnes.

That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Ireland ahead.

Greece ranks 13th and Ireland ranks 11th 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.