Municipal waste per capita

33 European countries compared for 2024, eu average 513 kg. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking
267 kg
Kosovo
EU average
513 kg
27 member states
Median country
500 kg
half above, half below
Range
267 to 775
Kosovo - Austria

How to read it

Across 33 countries, the highest value is in Austria (775 kg) and the lowest in Kosovo (267 kg).

Half of the countries are above 500 kg and half below.

The EU average is 513 kg; 15 of 33 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value rose from 506 kg in 2005 to 513 kg in 2024.

Municipal waste by waste management operations
Kilograms per capita · Waste generated

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Municipal waste over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Kosovo non-EU267−246
2Bosnia and Herzegovina non-EU329−184
3Estonia375−138
4Poland387−126
5Türkiye non-EU402−111
6Hungary414−99
7Sweden427−86
8Spain456−57
9Finland457−56
10Latvia462−51
11Lithuania462−51
12Netherlands473−40
13Croatia486−27
14Slovakia489−24
15Portugal492−21
16Bulgaria496−17
17Italy500−13
18France501−12
19Slovenia526+13
20Greece533+20
21Iceland non-EU561+48
22Ireland576+63
23Czechia584+71
24Montenegro non-EU585+72
25Germany616+103
26Malta622+109
27Switzerland non-EU670+157
28Cyprus686+173
29Belgium699+186
30Norway non-EU721+208
31Luxembourg730+217
32Denmark758+245
33Austria775+262
© European Union, source: Eurostat · dataset env_wasmun · 2024 Source and licence

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