Democratic Republic of Congo vs Rwanda: Share of global plastic waste imports

Democratic Republic of Congo

0.0%

in 2023

Rwanda

0.0%

in 2022

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

86th

Rwanda rank

85th

Share of global plastic waste imports over time

Rwanda currently reports 0.0% against 0.0% in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Rwanda ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 86th and Rwanda ranks 85th 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.