Share of plastic waste exports in Iraq
Iraq: Share of plastic waste exports was 0.0% in 2016. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2016)
0.0%
Change on year
up 90.6%
World rank
108th
of 162 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2011
All-time low
0.0%
in 2010
Years of data
7
2010–2016
Share of plastic waste exports in Iraq, 2010–2016
Source: United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 0.0% for share of plastic waste exports in 2016.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 90.6% on the previous year and down 98.6% over five years.
That places Iraq 108th out of 162 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.
Countries ranked near Iraq
More environment data for Iraq
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 413.28 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 8.98 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 4.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0366 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 145.34 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0141 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 163.16 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1325 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.1389 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 13.2 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of plastic waste exports in Iraq?
- Share of plastic waste exports in Iraq was 0.0% in 2016, 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of plastic waste exports recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2010.
- How does Iraq rank for share of plastic waste exports?
- Iraq ranks 108th out of 162 countries with data for 2016.
- Where does this Iraq 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.