Malta vs Panama: Plastic waste exports

Malta

4,548 tonnes

in 2024

Panama

4,563 tonnes

in 2024

Malta rank

65th

Panama rank

64th

Plastic waste exports over time

Panama currently reports 4,563 tonnes against 4,548 tonnes in Malta, a difference of 14.9 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Panama ahead.

Malta ranks 65th and Panama ranks 64th of 167 regions.

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.