Guyana vs Malawi: Plastic waste exports

Guyana

38 tonnes

in 2024

Malawi

30.2 tonnes

in 2021

Guyana rank

128th

Malawi rank

130th

Plastic waste exports over time

Guyana currently reports 38 tonnes against 30.2 tonnes in Malawi, a difference of 7.8 tonnes.

That makes Guyana's figure about 1.3 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 10 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Malawi ahead.

Guyana ranks 128th and Malawi ranks 130th 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.