Greenland vs Palau: Plastic waste exports
Greenland
120.5 tonnes
in 2018
Palau
92.68 tonnes
in 2018
Greenland rank
122nd
Palau rank
124th
Plastic waste exports over time
- Greenland
- Palau
How they compare
Greenland currently reports 120.5 tonnes against 92.68 tonnes in Palau, a difference of 27.82 tonnes.
That makes Greenland's figure about 1.3 times Palau's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Greenland ahead.
Greenland ranks 122nd and Palau ranks 124th of 167 countries.
Greenland has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher plastic waste exports, Greenland or Palau?
- Greenland, at 120.5 tonnes against 92.68 tonnes in Palau as of 2018.
- What is the difference in plastic waste exports between Greenland and Palau?
- 27.82 tonnes, with Greenland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Palau?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2018.
- How do Greenland and Palau rank globally for plastic waste exports?
- Greenland ranks 122nd and Palau ranks 124th of 167 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Plastic waste exports. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Amount of plastic waste a country exports to other countries, measured in tonnes per year.