Denmark vs India: Share of global plastic waste imports

Denmark

2.0%

in 2024

India

1.2%

in 2024

Denmark rank

17th

India rank

20th

Share of global plastic waste imports over time

Denmark currently reports 2.0% against 1.2% in India, a difference of 0.9%.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.7 times India's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was India ahead.

Denmark ranks 17th and India ranks 20th 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.