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.
Share of plastic waste exports in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | +186.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | +87.2% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | +180.4% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | +75.0% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | +48.6% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | +18.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | +12.9% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | — |
| 2018 | 0.2% | — |
| 2019 | 0.2% | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +27.0% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | +65.1% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 1.0% | +72.7% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 1.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 35.7× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 1.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0%, 27.4× the median. (29 countries reporting)
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 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More environment data for Dominican Republic
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.272 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.12 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0836 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (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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Percentage of global plastic waste exports that a country accounts for.