Share of global plastic waste imports in Bhutan
Bhutan: Share of global plastic waste imports was 0.0% in 2012. ◆ Volatile
Share of global plastic waste imports in Bhutan, 2005–2012
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 global plastic waste imports in Bhutan is 0.0%, measured in 2012. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 150,624.0% on the previous year and up 1,122.9% over ten years.
That places Bhutan 121st out of 183 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the middle of the range.
Share of global plastic waste imports in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.0% | — |
| 2006 | 0.0% | -99.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | +1317.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | +67.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | -39.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | -86.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | +150623.0% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 0.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 4% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 0.0% is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.0%, 1% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More environment data for Bhutan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.2782 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.5977 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.08 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.487 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -5.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global plastic waste imports in Bhutan?
- Share of global plastic waste imports in Bhutan was 0.0% in 2012, 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 global plastic waste imports recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2012.
- What is the lowest share of global plastic waste imports recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2006.
- How does Bhutan rank for share of global plastic waste imports?
- Bhutan ranks 121st out of 183 countries with data for 2012.
- Is share of global plastic waste imports rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,122.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan 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 global plastic waste imports. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of global plastic waste imports that a country accounts for.