Share of plastic waste exports in Palau
Palau: Share of plastic waste exports was 0.0% in 2018. ◆ Volatile
Share of plastic waste exports in Palau, 2012–2018
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 Palau is 0.0%, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.3% on the previous year and up 1,515.9% over ten years.
Palau ranks 121st of 162 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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More environment data for Palau
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 1.53 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 86.68 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0 Mt CO2e (2023)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0323 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0388 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0016 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0039 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of plastic waste exports in Palau?
- Share of plastic waste exports in Palau 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 Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2018.
- What is the lowest share of plastic waste exports recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2015.
- How does Palau rank for share of plastic waste exports?
- Palau ranks 121st out of 162 countries with data for 2018.
- Is share of plastic waste exports rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,515.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Palau 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.