Austria vs Canada: Share of global plastic waste imports

Austria

3.9%

in 2024

Canada

3.3%

in 2024

Austria rank

10th

Canada rank

12th

Share of global plastic waste imports over time

Austria currently reports 3.9% against 3.3% in Canada, a difference of 0.6%.

That makes Austria's figure about 1.2 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Canada ahead.

Austria ranks 10th and Canada ranks 12th of 183 countries.

Indicator: Share of global plastic waste imports
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: 183 places, 4,496 data points, 1988–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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