Paraguay vs Uruguay: Plastic waste exports

Paraguay

827.54 tonnes

in 2024

Uruguay

815.31 tonnes

in 2023

Paraguay rank

96th

Uruguay rank

97th

Plastic waste exports over time

Paraguay currently reports 827.54 tonnes against 815.31 tonnes in Uruguay, a difference of 12.23 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Uruguay ahead.

Paraguay ranks 96th and Uruguay ranks 97th 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.