Estonia vs Latvia: Share of plastic waste exports
Estonia
0.5%
in 2024
Latvia
0.6%
in 2024
Estonia rank
30th
Latvia rank
29th
Share of plastic waste exports over time
- Estonia
- Latvia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Estonia, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Latvia's figure about 1.1 times Estonia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Latvia ahead.
Estonia ranks 30th and Latvia ranks 29th of 162 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Estonia averaged higher in 2 and Latvia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Estonia | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Latvia |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Estonia |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Estonia |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of plastic waste exports, Estonia or Latvia?
- Latvia, at 0.6% against 0.5% in Estonia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of plastic waste exports between Estonia and Latvia?
- 0.1%, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Latvia?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2024.
- How do Estonia and Latvia rank globally for share of plastic waste exports?
- Estonia ranks 30th and Latvia ranks 29th 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.