Share of plastic waste exports by country
The percentage of global plastic waste exports that a country accounts for.
Countries reporting
159
Highest
21.3%
Japan
Lowest
0.0%
United States
Median
0.0%
Years covered
37
1988–2024
Data points
2,674
What the numbers show
Share of plastic waste exports is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 21.3% in Japan; the lowest is 0.0% in United States.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.7%.
Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Antigua and Barbuda (up 1,374,840.0%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).
Share of plastic waste exports: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 21.3% | 2024 | up 77.6% | rising |
| 2 | Netherlands | 17.4% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 3 | Belgium | 11.3% | 2024 | up 390.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Poland | 4.3% | 2024 | up 332.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Sweden | 3.8% | 2024 | up 433.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Slovenia | 3.6% | 2024 | up 415.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Czechia | 3.6% | 2024 | up 314.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Philippines | 3.2% | 2024 | up 223.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Denmark | 2.7% | 2024 | up 360.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Switzerland | 2.7% | 2024 | up 258.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Norway | 2.1% | 2024 | up 398.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Greece | 2.0% | 2024 | up 689.1% | volatile |
| 14 | China | 2.0% | 2024 | up 543.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Portugal | 1.7% | 2024 | up 266.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Croatia | 1.6% | 2024 | up 1,648.2% | volatile |
| 17 | South Africa | 1.4% | 2024 | up 519.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Slovakia | 1.3% | 2024 | up 328.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Vietnam | 1.1% | 2023 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 1.0% | 2024 | up 358.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Indonesia | 0.9% | 2023 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Tunisia | 0.9% | 2023 | up 287.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Australia | 0.9% | 2024 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 24 | New Zealand | 0.8% | 2024 | up 145.6% | rising |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 0.8% | 2024 | up 61.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Finland | 0.8% | 2024 | up 217.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Israel | 0.8% | 2024 | up 957.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Russia | 0.7% | 2021 | up 955.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Latvia | 0.6% | 2024 | up 575.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Estonia | 0.5% | 2024 | up 308.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Lithuania | 0.5% | 2024 | up 192.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Tanzania | 0.5% | 2023 | up 285.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 0.5% | 2024 | up 567.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Pakistan | 0.5% | 2024 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Honduras | 0.4% | 2023 | up 442.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Jamaica | 0.4% | 2023 | up 6,236.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Turkey | 0.3% | 2024 | up 129.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Belarus | 0.3% | 2021 | up 1,139.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Cyprus | 0.3% | 2024 | up 459.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Iran | 0.3% | 2018 | up 256.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Uganda | 0.3% | 2023 | up 709.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 0.3% | 2015 | up 125.8% | rising |
| 44 | Brazil | 0.3% | 2024 | up 564.9% | volatile |
| 45 | El Salvador | 0.3% | 2024 | up 204.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Nigeria | 0.3% | 2024 | up 4,119.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Iceland | 0.2% | 2024 | up 657.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Guatemala | 0.2% | 2024 | up 110.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Chile | 0.2% | 2024 | up 93.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Nicaragua | 0.2% | 2023 | up 132.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Myanmar | 0.2% | 2024 | up 21,001.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Hong Kong | 0.2% | 2024 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Sudan | 0.2% | 2018 | up 958.2% | volatile |
| 54 | North Macedonia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 253.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Mauritania | 0.2% | 2023 | up 7,066.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2023 | up 1,174.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Costa Rica | 0.1% | 2023 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Panama | 0.1% | 2024 | up 215.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Kenya | 0.1% | 2023 | up 120.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Ecuador | 0.1% | 2024 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Morocco | 0.1% | 2023 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Namibia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 821.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Kuwait | 0.1% | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 65 | Colombia | 0.1% | 2023 | up 266.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 67 | India | 0.1% | 2024 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Andorra | 0.1% | 2023 | up 1,188.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Mauritius | 0.1% | 2024 | up 582.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Laos | 0.1% | 2023 | up 2,217.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Ethiopia | 0.1% | 2023 | up 1,290.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Zimbabwe | 0.1% | 2024 | up 1,455.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Burkina Faso | 0.1% | 2024 | up 9,457.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Libya | 0.1% | 2019 | up 63,788.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Serbia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Mali | 0.0% | 2019 | up 2,830.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Venezuela | 0.0% | 2013 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Bolivia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2023 | up 3,392.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Albania | 0.0% | 2016 | up 5,513.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2024 | up 370.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Togo | 0.0% | 2024 | up 6,662.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Zambia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 1,772.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0% | 2023 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Argentina | 0.0% | 2017 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2024 | up 226.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2024 | up 80.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 2024 | up 168.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Cambodia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2024 | up 5,064.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2024 | up 724.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Peru | 0.0% | 2024 | up 190.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2022 | up 9,802.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 121.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2019 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2023 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2023 | up 162.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1,165.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2024 | up 232.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Senegal | 0.0% | 2023 | up 348.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2017 | up 553.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Belize | 0.0% | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2023 | up 516.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2024 | up 238.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2018 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2022 | up 8,975.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 908.1% | volatile |
| 110 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2022 | up 301.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2012 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 112 | Congo | 0.0% | 2021 | up 103,607.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Macao | 0.0% | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2024 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2023 | up 962.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 77.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2023 | up 856.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 2019 | up 297.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2019 | up 362,410.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2018 | up 471.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Palau | 0.0% | 2018 | up 1,515.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2024 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2024 | up 78.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Benin | 0.0% | 2023 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2021 | up 566.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2021 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0% | 2023 | up 464.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2021 | up 23,207.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2020 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 130 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 2015 | up 536.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Madagascar | 0.0% | 2023 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2018 | up 1,374,840.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2023 | up 244.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Niger | 0.0% | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2022 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2023 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Angola | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 138 | East Timor | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 139 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Austria | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Canada | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Germany | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Spain | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | France | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | flat |
| 139 | United Kingdom | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Ghana | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Hungary | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Italy | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | South Korea | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Mexico | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Oman | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Romania | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | United States | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
The percentage of global plastic waste exports that a country accounts for.