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Malawi vs Moldova: Plastic waste exports

Malawi
30.2 tonnes
in 2021
Moldova
40.12 tonnes
in 2024
Malawi rank
130th
Moldova rank
127th

Plastic waste exports over time

  • Malawi
  • Moldova
0200400600199420092024

How they compare

Moldova currently reports 40.12 tonnes against 30.2 tonnes in Malawi, a difference of 9.92 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Moldova ahead.

Malawi ranks 130th 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.