Denmark vs Norway: Share of plastic waste exports

Denmark

2.7%

in 2024

Norway

2.1%

in 2024

Denmark rank

9th

Norway rank

12th

Share of plastic waste exports over time

Denmark currently reports 2.7% against 2.1% in Norway, a difference of 0.6%.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.3 times Norway's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 9th and Norway ranks 12th of 162 countries.

Indicator: Share of plastic waste exports
Unit: %
Source: United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 162 places, 2,674 data points, 1988–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The percentage of global plastic waste exports that a country accounts for.