Name: Recycling rate of municipal waste in Denmark
Creator: Eurostat
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% of municipal waste generated. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Recycling rate of municipal waste (% of municipal waste generated), 2000 to 2024
Period	Denmark	European Union
2024	46.2%	49.4%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2023	46.6%	47.9%
2022	50.3%	49.1%
2021	49.0%	49.7%
2020	45.0%	48.5%
2019	51.5%	47.2%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2018	49.9%	46.4%
2017	47.6%	46.3%
2016	48.3%	45.9%
2015	47.4%	44.9%
2014	45.4%	43.4%
2013	43.3%	41.5%
2012	42.5%	40.9%
2011	42.4%b (break in time series)	38.9%
2010	–	38.0%
2009	48.8%e (estimated)	37.3%
2008	47.9%	36.6%
2007	44.2%	35.2%
2006	41.8%	33.2%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2005	41.0%	32.5%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2004	41.0%	31.8%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2003	40.9%	31.1%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2002	37.6%	30.4%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2001	36.1%	28.7%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2000	37.1%	27.3%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)

Flags: e estimated; b break in time series; i value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies . A dash means no value was published.

Recycling rate of municipal waste in Denmark

Recycling rate of municipal waste in Denmark over time