Share of plastic waste exports in Croatia
Croatia: Share of plastic waste exports was 1.6% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Share of plastic waste exports in Croatia, 1994–2024
Source: United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of plastic waste exports in Croatia stood at 1.6%. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 78.0% on the previous year and up 1,648.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of plastic waste exports in Croatia peaked at 1.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1996.
Croatia ranks 16th of 162 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More environment data for Croatia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 26.84 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 6.94 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.49 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.3517 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.2757 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0051 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 3.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0146 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0105 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.76 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of plastic waste exports in Croatia?
- Share of plastic waste exports in Croatia was 1.6% in 2024, 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 Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of plastic waste exports recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1996.
- How does Croatia rank for share of plastic waste exports?
- Croatia ranks 16th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of plastic waste exports rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,648.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Croatia 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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About this data
The percentage of global plastic waste exports that a country accounts for.