Municipal waste generated per person in Estonia
Estonia generated 375 kg of municipal waste per person in 2024.
Estonia, 2024
375
Change from 2023
+0.5%
European Union, 2024
513 kg per personi (Source flag i)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
498 kg per person
Position in 2024
31st of 33
Municipal waste generated per person in Estonia 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 | Estonia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 375 kg per person | 513 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2023 | 373 kg per person | 510 kg per person |
| 2022 | 373 kg per person | 514 kg per person |
| 2021 | 395 kg per person | 534 kg per person |
| 2020 | 383 kg per person | 521 kg per person |
| 2019 | 369 kg per person | 505 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2018 | 405 kg per person | 501 kg per person |
| 2017 | 390 kg per person | 500 kg per person |
| 2016 | 376 kg per person | 494 kg per person |
| 2015 | 359 kg per person | 481 kg per person |
| 2014 | 357 kg per personb (break in time series) | 479 kg per person |
| 2013 | 293 kg per person | 479 kg per person |
| 2012 | 280 kg per person | 487 kg per person |
| 2011 | 301 kg per person | 499 kg per person |
| 2010 | 305 kg per personb (break in time series) | 503 kg per person |
| 2009 | 339 kg per person | 509 kg per person |
| 2008 | 392 kg per person | 517 kg per person |
| 2007 | 449 kg per person | 517 kg per person |
| 2006 | 398 kg per person | 513 kg per person |
| 2005 | 433 kg per person | 506 kg per person |
| 2004 | 445 kg per person | 500 kg per person |
| 2003 | 414 kg per person | 502 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2002 | 401 kg per person | 515 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2001 | 366 kg per personb (break in time series) | 509 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2000 | 453 kg per personb (break in time series) | 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 +0.5% from 373 kg per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 357 kg per person, the figure has changed by +5.0%. 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, Estonia has the 31st highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 513 kg per person.
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