Greece vs Switzerland: Plastic waste exports

Greece

63,644 tonnes

in 2024

Switzerland

86,849 tonnes

in 2024

Greece rank

13th

Switzerland rank

10th

Plastic waste exports over time

Switzerland currently reports 86,849 tonnes against 63,644 tonnes in Greece, a difference of 23,205 tonnes.

That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.4 times Greece's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Switzerland ahead.

Greece ranks 13th and Switzerland ranks 10th 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.