Municipal waste generated per person in Czechia
Czechia generated 584 kg of municipal waste per person in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1995. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Czechia, 2024
584
Change from 2023
+8.6%
European Union, 2024
513 kg per personi (Source flag i)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
498 kg per person
Position in 2024
11th of 33
Municipal waste generated per person in Czechia 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 | Czechia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 584 kg per person | 513 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2023 | 538 kg per person | 510 kg per person |
| 2022 | 549 kg per person | 514 kg per person |
| 2021 | 570 kg per person | 534 kg per person |
| 2020 | 543 kg per person | 521 kg per person |
| 2019 | 500 kg per person | 505 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2018 | 494 kg per person | 501 kg per person |
| 2017 | 489 kg per personb (break in time series) | 500 kg per person |
| 2016 | 339 kg per person | 494 kg per person |
| 2015 | 316 kg per person | 481 kg per person |
| 2014 | 310 kg per person | 479 kg per person |
| 2013 | 307 kg per person | 479 kg per person |
| 2012 | 308 kg per person | 487 kg per person |
| 2011 | 320 kg per person | 499 kg per person |
| 2010 | 318 kg per person | 503 kg per person |
| 2009 | 317 kg per person | 509 kg per person |
| 2008 | 306 kg per person | 517 kg per person |
| 2007 | 294 kg per person | 517 kg per person |
| 2006 | 297 kg per person | 513 kg per person |
| 2005 | 289 kg per person | 506 kg per person |
| 2004 | 279 kg per person | 500 kg per person |
| 2003 | 280 kg per person | 502 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2002 | 279 kg per person | 515 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2001 | 274 kg per personb (break in time series) | 509 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2000 | 335 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 +8.6% from 538 kg per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 310 kg per person, the figure has changed by +88.4%. 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, Czechia has the 11th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 513 kg per person.
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Basic drinking water access
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Basic sanitation access
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Level of water stress
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