Share of global plastic waste imports in Sweden
Sweden: Share of global plastic waste imports was 3.8% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Share of global plastic waste imports in Sweden, 1992–2024
Source: United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 3.8% for share of global plastic waste imports in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 150.4% over five years.
Over the whole period, share of global plastic waste imports in Sweden peaked at 3.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2012.
That places Sweden 11th out of 183 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.6% | 1.6% | 3.8% | 5 |
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More environment data for Sweden
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 52.57 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.97 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 3.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.3307 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.2101 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.2019 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 8.12 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1974 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0287 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.35 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global plastic waste imports in Sweden?
- Share of global plastic waste imports in Sweden was 3.8% 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 3.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of global plastic waste imports recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2012.
- How does Sweden rank for share of global plastic waste imports?
- Sweden ranks 11th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Sweden 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.