Philippines vs Sweden: Plastic waste exports

Philippines

101,872 tonnes

in 2024

Sweden

122,610 tonnes

in 2024

Philippines rank

8th

Sweden rank

5th

Plastic waste exports over time

Sweden currently reports 122,610 tonnes against 101,872 tonnes in Philippines, a difference of 20,738 tonnes.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.2 times Philippines's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Sweden ahead.

Philippines ranks 8th and Sweden ranks 5th 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.