Congo vs Samoa: Share of global plastic waste imports

Congo
0.0%
in 2021
Samoa
0.0%
in 2023
Congo rank
144th
Samoa rank
147th

Share of global plastic waste imports over time

  • Congo
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 0.0% against 0.0% in Samoa, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.7 times Samoa's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 144th and Samoa ranks 147th of 183 countries.

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About this data

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