Mali vs Namibia: Plastic waste exports

Mali

2,739 tonnes

in 2019

Namibia

3,283 tonnes

in 2024

Mali rank

74th

Namibia rank

71st

Plastic waste exports over time

Namibia currently reports 3,283 tonnes against 2,739 tonnes in Mali, a difference of 543.86 tonnes.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.2 times Mali's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Mali ahead.

Mali ranks 74th and Namibia ranks 71st 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.