Share of global plastic waste imports in Syria
Syria: Share of global plastic waste imports was 0.1% in 2010. ◆ Volatile
Share of global plastic waste imports in Syria, 2001–2010
Source: United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Syria recorded 0.1% for share of global plastic waste imports in 2010. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of up 166.4% on the previous year and up 745.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global plastic waste imports in Syria peaked at 0.1% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2001.
That places Syria 53rd out of 183 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Syria
More environment data for Syria
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 47.17 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.91 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 4.66 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0073 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.15 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0025 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 6.41 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0162 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0139 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.5633 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global plastic waste imports in Syria?
- Share of global plastic waste imports in Syria was 0.1% in 2010, 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 Syria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2010.
- What is the lowest share of global plastic waste imports recorded in Syria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2001.
- How does Syria rank for share of global plastic waste imports?
- Syria ranks 53rd out of 183 countries with data for 2010.
- Is share of global plastic waste imports rising or falling in Syria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 745.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Syria 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.