Kuwait vs Panama: Plastic waste exports

Kuwait

4,612 tonnes

in 2023

Panama

4,563 tonnes

in 2024

Kuwait rank

62nd

Panama rank

64th

Plastic waste exports over time

Kuwait currently reports 4,612 tonnes against 4,563 tonnes in Panama, a difference of 49.3 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2006 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 62nd and Panama ranks 64th 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.