Greece vs Portugal: Plastic waste exports

Greece

63,644 tonnes

in 2024

Portugal

53,082 tonnes

in 2024

Greece rank

13th

Portugal rank

15th

Plastic waste exports over time

Greece currently reports 63,644 tonnes against 53,082 tonnes in Portugal, a difference of 10,562 tonnes.

That makes Greece's figure about 1.2 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Portugal ahead.

Greece ranks 13th and Portugal ranks 15th 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.