Denmark vs Philippines: Share of plastic waste exports

Denmark

2.7%

in 2024

Philippines

3.2%

in 2024

Denmark rank

9th

Philippines rank

8th

Share of plastic waste exports over time

Philippines currently reports 3.2% against 2.7% in Denmark, a difference of 0.5%.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 9th and Philippines ranks 8th 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.