Latvia vs Lithuania: Plastic waste exports

Latvia

18,694 tonnes

in 2024

Lithuania

16,322 tonnes

in 2024

Latvia rank

33rd

Lithuania rank

36th

Plastic waste exports over time

Latvia currently reports 18,694 tonnes against 16,322 tonnes in Lithuania, a difference of 2,372 tonnes.

That makes Latvia's figure about 1.1 times Lithuania's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Lithuania ahead.

Latvia ranks 33rd and Lithuania ranks 36th 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.