Municipal waste generated per person in Austria
Austria generated 775 kg of municipal waste per person in 2024.
Austria, 2024
775
Change from 2023
−0.9%
European Union, 2024
513 kg per personi (Source flag i)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
498 kg per person
Position in 2024
1st of 33
Municipal waste generated per person in Austria over time
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Kilograms per person per year. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Austria | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 775 kg per person | 513 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2023 | 782 kg per person | 510 kg per person |
| 2022 | 803 kg per person | 514 kg per person |
| 2021 | 835 kg per person | 534 kg per person |
| 2020 | 834 kg per personb (break in time series) | 521 kg per person |
| 2019 | 588 kg per person | 505 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2018 | 579 kg per person | 501 kg per person |
| 2017 | 570 kg per person | 500 kg per person |
| 2016 | 564 kg per person | 494 kg per person |
| 2015 | 560 kg per person | 481 kg per person |
| 2014 | 565 kg per person | 479 kg per person |
| 2013 | 578 kg per person | 479 kg per person |
| 2012 | 579 kg per person | 487 kg per person |
| 2011 | 573 kg per person | 499 kg per person |
| 2010 | 562 kg per person | 503 kg per person |
| 2009 | 590 kg per person | 509 kg per person |
| 2008 | 600 kg per person | 517 kg per person |
| 2007 | 597 kg per person | 517 kg per person |
| 2006 | 597 kg per person | 513 kg per person |
| 2005 | 575 kg per person | 506 kg per person |
| 2004 | 574 kg per person | 500 kg per person |
| 2003 | 607 kg per person | 502 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2002 | 608 kg per person | 515 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2001 | 576 kg per person | 509 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2000 | 580 kg per person | 513 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
Flags: b break in time series; i value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.9% from 782 kg per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 565 kg per person, the figure has changed by +37.2%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Austria has the highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 513 kg per person.
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