Share of global plastic waste imports in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Share of global plastic waste imports was 0.0% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Share of global plastic waste imports in Kyrgyzstan, 1995–2024
Source: United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kyrgyzstan recorded 0.0% for share of global plastic waste imports in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.9% on the previous year and up 3,646.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global plastic waste imports in Kyrgyzstan peaked at 0.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1995.
That places Kyrgyzstan 67th out of 183 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kyrgyzstan
More environment data for Kyrgyzstan
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 22.37 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.1 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 5.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.1262 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.9454 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 9.85 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0009 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0052 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.85 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global plastic waste imports in Kyrgyzstan?
- Share of global plastic waste imports in Kyrgyzstan was 0.0% in 2024, 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 Kyrgyzstan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of global plastic waste imports recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1995.
- How does Kyrgyzstan rank for share of global plastic waste imports?
- Kyrgyzstan ranks 67th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global plastic waste imports rising or falling in Kyrgyzstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3,646.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kyrgyzstan 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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The percentage of global plastic waste imports that a country accounts for.