Denmark vs France: Share of global plastic waste imports

Denmark

2.0%

in 2024

France

2.9%

in 2024

Denmark rank

17th

France rank

14th

Share of global plastic waste imports over time

France currently reports 2.9% against 2.0% in Denmark, a difference of 0.8%.

That makes France's figure about 1.4 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1994 it was France ahead.

Denmark ranks 17th and France ranks 14th 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.