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Lesotho vs Moldova: Plastic waste exports

Lesotho
31.01 tonnes
in 2021
Moldova
40.12 tonnes
in 2024
Lesotho rank
129th
Moldova rank
127th

Plastic waste exports over time

  • Lesotho
  • Moldova
0200400600199420092024

How they compare

Moldova currently reports 40.12 tonnes against 31.01 tonnes in Lesotho, a difference of 9.11 tonnes.

That makes Moldova's figure about 1.3 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Moldova ahead.

Lesotho ranks 129th and Moldova ranks 127th of 167 countries.

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About this data

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
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The amount of plastic waste a country exports to other countries, measured in tonnes per year.