India vs Zimbabwe: Plastic waste exports

India

2,621 tonnes

in 2024

Zimbabwe

2,142 tonnes

in 2024

India rank

76th

Zimbabwe rank

78th

Plastic waste exports over time

India currently reports 2,621 tonnes against 2,142 tonnes in Zimbabwe, a difference of 479.62 tonnes.

That makes India's figure about 1.2 times Zimbabwe's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1995 it was India ahead.

India ranks 76th and Zimbabwe ranks 78th 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.