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.
Share of plastic waste exports in Palau, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.0% | — |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -99.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | -40.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | +562017.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | +308.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | +13.3% |
Palau compared with similar countries
- Palau's 0.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.1%, 1% of the median. (63 countries reporting)
- Palau's 0.0% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0%, 10% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Palau
More environment data for Palau
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 14.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.167 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.13 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 5 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 0.3 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 6.98 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 2 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 46.51 % (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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Percentage of global plastic waste exports that a country accounts for.