Share of plastic waste exports in Greenland
Greenland: Share of plastic waste exports was 0.0% in 2018. ◆ Volatile
Share of plastic waste exports in Greenland, 1994–2018
Source: United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of plastic waste exports in Greenland is 0.0%, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 109.6% on the previous year and up 471.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of plastic waste exports in Greenland peaked at 0.0% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1996.
Greenland ranks 120th of 162 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
More environment data for Greenland
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.6593 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 11.6 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0045 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0007 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0577 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.052 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.3418 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of plastic waste exports in Greenland?
- Share of plastic waste exports in Greenland was 0.0% in 2018, 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 Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2018.
- What is the lowest share of plastic waste exports recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1996.
- How does Greenland rank for share of plastic waste exports?
- Greenland ranks 120th out of 162 countries with data for 2018.
- Is share of plastic waste exports rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 471.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Greenland 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.