{"id": 1108411, "name": "Share of global plastic waste exports", "unit": "%", "createdAt": "2025-10-07T11:14:06.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-02-05T12:40:53.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1988-2024", "datasetId": 7225, "shortUnit": "%", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "export_share", "catalogPath": "grapher/un/2025-09-25/plastic_waste_2023_2024/plastic_waste_2023_2024#export_share", "descriptionShort": "The percentage of global plastic waste exports that a country accounts for.", "descriptionProcessing": "We calculated this by dividing each country's total exports by the global sum of exports for that year, then multiplying by 100 to express as a percentage.", "type": "float", "dataChecksum": "4875479374739186323", "metadataChecksum": "299540764163564212", "datasetName": "Comtrade Database", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2025-09-25", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "%", "shortUnit": "%", "tolerance": 5, "numDecimalPlaces": 1}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "major", "presentation": {"topicTagsLinks": ["Plastic Pollution"]}, "descriptionKey": ["Data covers plastic waste classified under HS code 3915 ('waste, parings and scrap, of plastics') in UN Comtrade trade statistics. This includes waste from different polymer types such as polyethylene (PE), polystyrene (PS), and polyvinyl chloride (PVC).", "Data includes all transport methods: air, sea, road, rail, inland waterways, and cases where the transport mode was not specified.", "Calculated by dividing a country's exports by the sum of all countries' reported exports in that year.", "This data may not capture all plastic waste trade. Some plastic waste is traded under other codes (such as HS 3825 for refuse-derived fuels), and discrepancies can exist between what exporting and importing countries report."], "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 2017}, {"id": 2019}, {"id": 2007}, {"id": 2010}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2015}, {"id": 2016}, {"id": 2018}, {"id": 2020}, {"id": 2021}, {"id": 2022}, {"id": 2023}, {"id": 2024}, {"id": 1996}, {"id": 2005}, {"id": 2001}, {"id": 1995}, {"id": 1994}, {"id": 1988}, {"id": 1989}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 15, "name": "Afghanistan", "code": "AFG"}, {"id": 273, "name": "Africa", "code": "OWID_AFR"}, {"id": 16, "name": "Albania", "code": "ALB"}, {"id": 17, "name": "Algeria", "code": "DZA"}, {"id": 18, "name": "Andorra", "code": "AND"}, {"id": 19, "name": "Angola", "code": "AGO"}, {"id": 20, "name": "Antigua and Barbuda", "code": "ATG"}, {"id": 21, "name": "Argentina", "code": "ARG"}, {"id": 22, "name": "Armenia", "code": "ARM"}, 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