Share of global plastic waste imports in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Share of global plastic waste imports was 0.0% in 2009. ◆ Volatile
Share of global plastic waste imports in Faroe Islands, 1996–2009
Source: United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Faroe Islands recorded 0.0% for share of global plastic waste imports in 2009. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 81.2% on the previous year and down 97.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global plastic waste imports in Faroe Islands peaked at 0.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2009.
Faroe Islands ranks 159th of 183 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share of global plastic waste imports in Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.0% | — |
| 1997 | 0.0% | -58.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0% | +118.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0% | +87.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | +7434.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0% | -99.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | +412.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | -79.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | +1178.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | -85.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | +333.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | -93.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | -41.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | -81.2% |
Faroe Islands compared with similar countries
- Faroe Islands's 0.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0%, 0% of the median. (68 countries reporting)
- Faroe Islands's 0.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1%, 0% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global plastic waste imports in Faroe Islands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +7434.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2004 | +1178.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 156 New Caledonia 0.0% compare
- 157 Belize 0.0% compare
- 158 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% compare
- 160 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% compare
- 161 Aruba 0.0%
- 162 Cuba 0.0% compare
More environment data for Faroe Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.94 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.468 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.67 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 71.43 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 2.7 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 0.09 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 0.75 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 20 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global plastic waste imports in Faroe Islands?
- Share of global plastic waste imports in Faroe Islands was 0.0% in 2009, 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 Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of global plastic waste imports recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2009.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for share of global plastic waste imports?
- Faroe Islands ranks 159th out of 183 countries with data for 2009.
- Is share of global plastic waste imports rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 97.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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.