Mauritania vs Nigeria: Plastic waste exports

Mauritania

6,843 tonnes

in 2023

Nigeria

8,319 tonnes

in 2024

Mauritania rank

51st

Nigeria rank

48th

Plastic waste exports over time

Nigeria currently reports 8,319 tonnes against 6,843 tonnes in Mauritania, a difference of 1,475 tonnes.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Mauritania's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2016 it was Mauritania ahead.

Mauritania ranks 51st and Nigeria ranks 48th 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.