Share of global plastic waste imports by country
The percentage of global plastic waste imports that a country accounts for.
Countries reporting
179
Highest
14.2%
Turkey
Lowest
0.0%
Uzbekistan
Median
0.0%
Years covered
37
1988–2024
Data points
4,496
What the numbers show
Share of global plastic waste imports is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 14.2% in Turkey; the lowest is 0.0% in Uzbekistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.6%.
Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 6,716,240.0%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 100.0%).
Share of global plastic waste imports: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey | 14.2% | 2024 | up 2,062.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Netherlands | 13.8% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 3 | Germany | 10.8% | 2024 | up 227.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Malaysia | 9.1% | 2024 | up 514.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Belgium | 7.3% | 2024 | up 484.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Vietnam | 5.6% | 2023 | up 1,130.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Indonesia | 5.5% | 2023 | up 493.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Czechia | 4.5% | 2024 | up 437.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Italy | 4.2% | 2024 | up 304.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Austria | 3.9% | 2024 | up 136.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Sweden | 3.8% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Canada | 3.3% | 2024 | up 169.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Thailand | 3.1% | 2024 | up 534.7% | volatile |
| 14 | France | 2.9% | 2024 | up 296.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Slovenia | 2.4% | 2024 | up 307.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Lithuania | 2.2% | 2024 | up 702.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Denmark | 2.0% | 2024 | up 964.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Portugal | 1.5% | 2024 | up 181.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Romania | 1.2% | 2024 | up 385.3% | volatile |
| 20 | India | 1.2% | 2024 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Pakistan | 1.0% | 2024 | up 177.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Croatia | 1.0% | 2024 | up 1,039.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Russia | 0.7% | 2021 | up 819.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Egypt | 0.7% | 2024 | up 402,259.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 0.5% | 2024 | up 911.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Azerbaijan | 0.5% | 2024 | up 434,186.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Laos | 0.5% | 2023 | up 4,397.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Latvia | 0.4% | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Serbia | 0.4% | 2024 | up 2,423.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Guatemala | 0.3% | 2024 | up 1,584.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Peru | 0.3% | 2024 | up 1,349.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Yemen | 0.3% | 2019 | up 981.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Myanmar | 0.3% | 2024 | up 5,993.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Ukraine | 0.2% | 2024 | up 388.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Hong Kong | 0.2% | 2024 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Australia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 112.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Cyprus | 0.2% | 2024 | up 1,121,730.0% | volatile |
| 40 | South Africa | 0.2% | 2024 | up 427.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Finland | 0.2% | 2024 | up 1,787.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Japan | 0.2% | 2024 | up 1,032.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Estonia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 693.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Paraguay | 0.2% | 2024 | up 50,412.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Morocco | 0.1% | 2023 | up 103.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Kenya | 0.1% | 2023 | up 4,410.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 0.1% | 2024 | up 343.2% | volatile |
| 48 | El Salvador | 0.1% | 2024 | up 337.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Nigeria | 0.1% | 2024 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Israel | 0.1% | 2024 | up 541.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Ethiopia | 0.1% | 2023 | up 5,038.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 0.1% | 2023 | up 113.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Syria | 0.1% | 2010 | up 745.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Norway | 0.1% | 2024 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Bangladesh | 0.1% | 2015 | up 752.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Colombia | 0.1% | 2023 | up 1,271.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Philippines | 0.1% | 2024 | up 302.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Uganda | 0.1% | 2023 | up 1,984.6% | volatile |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1% | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Oman | 0.1% | 2023 | up 117.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2021 | up 79.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Chile | 0.0% | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Argentina | 0.0% | 2023 | up 7,556.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 2024 | up 5,526.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Tunisia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 108.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2024 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 3,646.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Iran | 0.0% | 2018 | up 7,468.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Angola | 0.0% | 2023 | up 376.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2024 | up 76.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2023 | up 142.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2017 | up 167.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2023 | up 633.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2023 | up 4,197.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 76 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2023 | up 295.6% | volatile |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2023 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Benin | 0.0% | 2023 | up 6,716,240.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2023 | up 4,345.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Togo | 0.0% | 2024 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Tanzania | 0.0% | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Zambia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 1,770.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2022 | up 2,296.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0% | 2023 | up 12,457.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1,236.5% | volatile |
| 89 | New Zealand | 0.0% | 2024 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Bolivia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 103.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Madagascar | 0.0% | 2023 | up 5,370.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2023 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2023 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 94 | China | 0.0% | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2023 | up 223.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2023 | up 8,724.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 681.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Mali | 0.0% | 2019 | up 17,884.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2024 | up 267.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Macao | 0.0% | 2019 | up 416.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Cambodia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 423.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Guinea | 0.0% | 2016 | up 199.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2023 | up 3,132.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2018 | up 291.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2023 | up 273.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2023 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Niger | 0.0% | 2023 | up 61,146.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2023 | up 446.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Panama | 0.0% | 2024 | down 90.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Palau | 0.0% | 2018 | up 748.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2023 | up 2,090.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2021 | up 544.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2023 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Albania | 0.0% | 2016 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2023 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2023 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2012 | up 1,122.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Gabon | 0.0% | 2023 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Venezuela | 0.0% | 2013 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2019 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 2012 | up 2,736.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2020 | up 663.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2024 | up 443,392.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2023 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2021 | up 1,647,290.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2023 | up 53,819.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2024 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 132 | East Timor | 0.0% | 2023 | up 680.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2014 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2024 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2022 | up 726.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2023 | up 25,966.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 2022 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0% | 2013 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2024 | up 90.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2024 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2023 | up 562.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2022 | up 514.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Congo | 0.0% | 2021 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2011 | up 255.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2023 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2023 | up 688.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Ecuador | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2020 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2024 | up 242.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2021 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2024 | up 145.3% | volatile |
| 156 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 2014 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Belize | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2017 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% | 2009 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2024 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2023 | up 99.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2018 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 163 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2022 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2023 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2023 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2017 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2022 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Bulgaria | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Brazil | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Spain | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 168 | United Kingdom | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Ghana | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Greece | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Hungary | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | South Korea | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Mexico | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Poland | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Senegal | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | United States | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
The percentage of global plastic waste imports that a country accounts for.