Share of plastic waste exports in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Share of plastic waste exports was 1.0% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Share of plastic waste exports in Dominican Republic, 1996–2024
Source: United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 1.0% for share of plastic waste exports in 2024. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 72.7% on the previous year and up 358.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of plastic waste exports in Dominican Republic peaked at 1.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2016.
Dominican Republic ranks 20th of 162 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 5 |
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More environment data for Dominican Republic
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 51.58 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.51 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 6.7 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.1864 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.4035 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0123 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 12.18 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0093 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0379 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.83 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of plastic waste exports in Dominican Republic?
- Share of plastic waste exports in Dominican Republic was 1.0% 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 Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of plastic waste exports recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2016.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for share of plastic waste exports?
- Dominican Republic ranks 20th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of plastic waste exports rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 358.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.