{"entity":{"iso2":"KR","iso3":"KOR","name":"South Korea","slug":"korea-rep"},"indicator":{"licence":"CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)","slug":"share-plastic-waste-imports","source":"United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) \u2013 with major processing by Our World in Data","source_url":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-plastic-waste-imports","title":"Share of global plastic waste imports","unit":"%"},"observations":[{"date":"1988-01-01","value":26.9241},{"date":"1989-01-01","value":13.3851},{"date":"1990-01-01","value":6.31746},{"date":"1991-01-01","value":3.25943},{"date":"1992-01-01","value":1.00243},{"date":"1993-01-01","value":0.448153},{"date":"1994-01-01","value":0.469631},{"date":"1995-01-01","value":0.360023},{"date":"1996-01-01","value":0.320089},{"date":"1997-01-01","value":0.263042},{"date":"1998-01-01","value":0.156397},{"date":"1999-01-01","value":0.328329},{"date":"2000-01-01","value":0.331889},{"date":"2001-01-01","value":0.162988},{"date":"2002-01-01","value":0.116937},{"date":"2003-01-01","value":0.0965525},{"date":"2004-01-01","value":0.245359},{"date":"2005-01-01","value":0.227345},{"date":"2006-01-01","value":0.125868},{"date":"2007-01-01","value":0.173953},{"date":"2008-01-01","value":0.331051},{"date":"2009-01-01","value":0.295688},{"date":"2010-01-01","value":0.287016},{"date":"2011-01-01","value":0.368664},{"date":"2012-01-01","value":0.425397},{"date":"2013-01-01","value":0.519617},{"date":"2014-01-01","value":0.494314},{"date":"2015-01-01","value":0.455404},{"date":"2016-01-01","value":0.361021},{"date":"2017-01-01","value":0.49127},{"date":"2018-01-01","value":2.08106},{"date":"2019-01-01","value":3.06483},{"date":"2020-01-01","value":1.64524},{"date":"2021-01-01","value":0.808973},{"date":"2022-01-01","value":0.0},{"date":"2023-01-01","value":0.725821},{"date":"2024-01-01","value":0.0}],"summary":{"latest_period":"2024-01-01","latest_value":0.0,"max":26.9241,"mean":1.81271,"min":0.0,"of":183,"rank":168,"trend":"volatile"}}