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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
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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.

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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.