Iceland vs Nigeria: Plastic waste exports

Iceland

7,721 tonnes

in 2024

Nigeria

8,319 tonnes

in 2024

Iceland rank

49th

Nigeria rank

48th

Plastic waste exports over time

Nigeria currently reports 8,319 tonnes against 7,721 tonnes in Iceland, a difference of 597.94 tonnes.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 49th and Nigeria ranks 48th 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.