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.
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
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 2.81 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.55 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.3401 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4778 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0323 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0032 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 1.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0011 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0016 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.1744 Mt CO2e (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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 7 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
The percentage of global plastic waste imports that a country accounts for.