Share of plastic waste exports in Kuwait
Kuwait: Share of plastic waste exports was 0.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of plastic waste exports in Kuwait, 2007–2023
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 Kuwait is 0.1%, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 97.5% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of plastic waste exports in Kuwait peaked at 0.2% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2007.
That places Kuwait 64th out of 162 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More environment data for Kuwait
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 173.33 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 35.39 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.2602 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0034 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 27.12 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0093 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 38.69 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0749 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0609 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 11.14 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of plastic waste exports in Kuwait?
- Share of plastic waste exports in Kuwait was 0.1% in 2023, 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 Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2018.
- What is the lowest share of plastic waste exports recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2007.
- How does Kuwait rank for share of plastic waste exports?
- Kuwait ranks 64th out of 162 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of plastic waste exports rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.