Name: Recycling rate of municipal waste in Germany
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	Germany	European Union
2024	69.0%	49.4%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2023	68.7%	47.9%
2022	69.6%	49.1%
2021	71.4%	49.7%
2020	70.3%	48.5%
2019	66.7%e (estimated)	47.2%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2018	67.1%	46.4%
2017	67.2%	46.3%
2016	67.1%	45.9%
2015	66.7%	44.9%
2014	65.6%	43.4%
2013	63.8%	41.5%
2012	65.2%	40.9%
2011	63.0%	38.9%
2010	62.5%	38.0%
2009	63.1%	37.3%
2008	63.8%	36.6%
2007	63.2%	35.2%
2006	62.1%	33.2%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2005	60.9%	32.5%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2004	56.4%	31.8%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2003	57.8%	31.1%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2002	56.1%	30.4%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2001	52.3%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)	28.7%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2000	52.5%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)	27.3%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)

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

Recycling rate of municipal waste in Germany

Recycling rate of municipal waste in Germany over time