Municipal waste per capita

25 European countries compared for 2024, eu average 517 kg. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking
267 kg
Kosovo
EU average
517 kg
27 member states
Median country
486 kg
half above, half below
Range
267 to 755
Kosovo - Denmark

How to read it

Across 25 countries, the highest value is in Denmark (755 kg) and the lowest in Kosovo (267 kg).

Half of the countries are above 486 kg and half below.

The EU average is 517 kg; 11 of 25 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value rose from 506 kg in 2005 to 517 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-EU267−250
2Bosnia and Herzegovina non-EU329−188
3Estonia375−142
4Poland387−130
5Türkiye non-EU402−115
6Hungary414−103
7Sweden427−90
8Spain456−61
9Finland457−60
10Latvia462−55
11Lithuania462−55
12Netherlands473−44
13Croatia486−31
14Slovakia489−28
15Portugal519+2
16Slovenia526+9
17France530+13
18Montenegro non-EU585+68
19Malta621+104
20Germany628+111
21Luxembourg681+164
22Cyprus688+171
23Belgium699+182
24Norway non-EU716+199
25Denmark755+238
© European Union, source: Eurostat · dataset env_wasmun · 2024 Source and licence

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