Rwanda vs Sri Lanka: Plastic waste exports

Rwanda

963.54 tonnes

in 2022

Sri Lanka

912.6 tonnes

in 2024

Rwanda rank

92nd

Sri Lanka rank

95th

Plastic waste exports over time

Rwanda currently reports 963.54 tonnes against 912.6 tonnes in Sri Lanka, a difference of 50.94 tonnes.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Rwanda ranks 92nd and Sri Lanka ranks 95th 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.