Share of plastic waste exports in Burundi
Burundi: Share of plastic waste exports was 0.0% in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Share of plastic waste exports in Burundi, 2014–2022
Source: United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, share of plastic waste exports in Burundi stood at 0.0%. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is up 144.7% on the previous year and up 8,975.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of plastic waste exports in Burundi peaked at 0.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2014.
That places Burundi 107th out of 162 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
More environment data for Burundi
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 8.42 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.5995 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 2.9 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.6759 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.08 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 5.7 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0031 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.04 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of plastic waste exports in Burundi?
- Share of plastic waste exports in Burundi was 0.0% in 2022, according to United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of plastic waste exports recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of plastic waste exports recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2014.
- How does Burundi rank for share of plastic waste exports?
- Burundi ranks 107th out of 162 countries with data for 2022.
- Is share of plastic waste exports rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8,975.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of plastic waste exports. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The percentage of global plastic waste exports that a country accounts for.