Municipal waste generated per person in European Union
The European Union generated 513 kg of municipal waste per person in 2024.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
The latest value carries the source flag “Source flag i”.
European Union, 2024
513i (Source flag i)
Change from 2023
+0.6%
Municipal waste generated per person in European Union 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 | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 513 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2023 | 510 kg per person |
| 2022 | 514 kg per person |
| 2021 | 534 kg per person |
| 2020 | 521 kg per person |
| 2019 | 505 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2018 | 501 kg per person |
| 2017 | 500 kg per person |
| 2016 | 494 kg per person |
| 2015 | 481 kg per person |
| 2014 | 479 kg per person |
| 2013 | 479 kg per person |
| 2012 | 487 kg per person |
| 2011 | 499 kg per person |
| 2010 | 503 kg per person |
| 2009 | 509 kg per person |
| 2008 | 517 kg per person |
| 2007 | 517 kg per person |
| 2006 | 513 kg per person |
| 2005 | 506 kg per person |
| 2004 | 500 kg per person |
| 2003 | 502 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2002 | 515 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2001 | 509 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2000 | 513 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
Flags: i value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.6% from 510 kg per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 479 kg per person, the figure has changed by +7.1%.
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