Japan vs Netherlands: Plastic waste exports

Japan

683,123 tonnes

in 2024

Netherlands

557,595 tonnes

in 2024

Japan rank

1st

Netherlands rank

2nd

Plastic waste exports over time

Japan currently reports 683,123 tonnes against 557,595 tonnes in Netherlands, a difference of 125,528 tonnes.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Netherlands ahead.

Japan ranks 1st and Netherlands ranks 2nd 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.