Mozambique vs Zimbabwe: Plastic waste exports

Mozambique

1,951 tonnes

in 2023

Zimbabwe

2,142 tonnes

in 2024

Mozambique rank

80th

Zimbabwe rank

78th

Plastic waste exports over time

Zimbabwe currently reports 2,142 tonnes against 1,951 tonnes in Mozambique, a difference of 190.94 tonnes.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Mozambique's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Mozambique ranks 80th and Zimbabwe ranks 78th 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.