Peru vs Uruguay: Plastic waste exports

Peru

736.57 tonnes

in 2024

Uruguay

815.31 tonnes

in 2023

Peru rank

100th

Uruguay rank

97th

Plastic waste exports over time

Uruguay currently reports 815.31 tonnes against 736.57 tonnes in Peru, a difference of 78.74 tonnes.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Peru's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Uruguay ahead.

Peru ranks 100th 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.