Municipal waste recycling rate

24 European countries compared for 2024, eu average 48.1 %. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking
66.9 %
EU average
48.1 %
27 member states
Median country
44.3 %
half above, half below
Range
0.0 to 66.9
Kosovo - Germany

How to read it

Across 24 countries, the highest value is in Germany (66.9 %) and the lowest in Kosovo (0.0 %).

Half of the countries are above 44.3 % and half below.

The EU average is 48.1 %; 8 of 24 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value rose from 32.5 % in 2005 to 48.1 % in 2024.

Recycling rate of municipal waste
Percentage · Recycling

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Recycling over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Germany66.9+18.8
2Slovenia62.4+14.3
3Netherlands58.0+9.9
4Luxembourg57.3+9.2
5Belgium56.2+8.1
6Latvia52.7+4.6
7Lithuania52.5+4.4
8Slovakia50.7+2.6
9Finland47.9−0.2
10Norway non-EU46.5−1.6
11Denmark46.4−1.7
12Sweden46.1−2.0
13Spain42.5−5.6
14France40.9−7.2
15Croatia36.7−11.4
16Estonia36.4−11.7
17Hungary33.6−14.5
18Portugal32.8−15.3
19Poland31.1−17.0
20Malta16.7−31.4
21Cyprus15.8−32.3
22Montenegro non-EU3.6−44.5
23Bosnia and Herzegovina non-EU1.1−47.0
24Kosovo non-EU0.0−48.1
© European Union, source: Eurostat · dataset cei_wm011 · 2024 Source and licence

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