Share of plastic waste exports in Serbia
Serbia: Share of plastic waste exports was 0.1% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Share of plastic waste exports in Serbia, 2007–2024
Source: United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of plastic waste exports in Serbia stood at 0.1%.
That represents a change of down 29.7% on the previous year and down 49.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of plastic waste exports in Serbia peaked at 0.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2019.
That places Serbia 75th out of 162 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share of plastic waste exports in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.0% | — |
| 2010 | 0.0% | +87.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +21.4% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | +112.7% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | +44.5% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -11.9% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | -30.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | +59.5% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | -26.5% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | +79.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | — |
| 2021 | 0.1% | -44.5% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | -24.7% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | +14.1% |
| 2024 | 0.1% | -29.7% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 0.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 2.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 0.1% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.2%, 23% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
More environment data for Serbia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.51 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.72 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.594 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.12 °C (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), annual growth rate 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), per capita 0.001 metric tons per person (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons), per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of plastic waste exports in Serbia?
- Share of plastic waste exports in Serbia was 0.1% in 2024, 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 Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of plastic waste exports recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2019.
- How does Serbia rank for share of plastic waste exports?
- Serbia ranks 75th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of plastic waste exports rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Serbia 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.