Brazil vs Uganda: Share of plastic waste exports
Brazil
0.3%
in 2024
Uganda
0.3%
in 2023
Brazil rank
44th
Uganda rank
42nd
Share of plastic waste exports over time
- Brazil
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Brazil, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 44th and Uganda ranks 42nd of 162 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Uganda in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Brazil |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Uganda |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Uganda |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of plastic waste exports, Brazil or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Brazil as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of plastic waste exports between Brazil and Uganda?
- 0.0%, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Uganda?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Uganda rank globally for share of plastic waste exports?
- Brazil ranks 44th and Uganda ranks 42nd of 162 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of plastic waste exports. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The percentage of global plastic waste exports that a country accounts for.