Bulgaria vs Lithuania: Share of plastic waste exports
Bulgaria
0.5%
in 2024
Lithuania
0.5%
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
33rd
Lithuania rank
31st
Share of plastic waste exports over time
- Bulgaria
- Lithuania
How they compare
Lithuania currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Lithuania's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 33rd and Lithuania ranks 31st of 162 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 2 and Lithuania in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Lithuania |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Lithuania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of plastic waste exports, Bulgaria or Lithuania?
- Lithuania, at 0.5% against 0.5% in Bulgaria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of plastic waste exports between Bulgaria and Lithuania?
- 0.0%, with Lithuania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Lithuania?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and Lithuania rank globally for share of plastic waste exports?
- Bulgaria ranks 33rd and Lithuania ranks 31st 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.