Share of global plastic waste imports in Serbia
Serbia: Share of global plastic waste imports was 0.4% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Share of global plastic waste imports in Serbia, 2006–2024
Source: United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of global plastic waste imports in Serbia stood at 0.4%.
That represents a change of down 27.2% on the previous year and up 2,423.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global plastic waste imports in Serbia peaked at 0.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2013.
Serbia ranks 30th of 183 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share of global plastic waste imports in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.0% | — |
| 2007 | 0.0% | -15.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | +41.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | -50.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | -34.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +118.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | -49.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | -50.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | +347.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | +86.6% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | +136.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | +14.2% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | +257.1% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | +50.7% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +60.2% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | -36.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | +12.1% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +11.2% |
| 2024 | 0.4% | -27.2% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 0.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 81.7× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 0.4% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1%, 2.8× the median. (50 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
More environment data for Serbia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.51 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.72 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.594 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.12 °C (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), annual growth rate 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), per capita 0.001 metric tons per person (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons), per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global plastic waste imports in Serbia?
- Share of global plastic waste imports in Serbia was 0.4% 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 Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of global plastic waste imports recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2013.
- How does Serbia rank for share of global plastic waste imports?
- Serbia ranks 30th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global plastic waste imports rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2,423.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Serbia 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.