Municipal waste generated per person in Greece
Greece generated 533 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.
Greece, 2024
533
Change from 2023
+1.7%
European Union, 2024
513 kg per personi (Source flag i)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
498 kg per person
Position in 2024
14th of 33
Municipal waste generated per person in Greece 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 | Greece | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 533 kg per person | 513 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2023 | 524 kg per person | 510 kg per person |
| 2022 | 520 kg per person | 514 kg per person |
| 2021 | 512 kg per person | 534 kg per person |
| 2020 | 504 kg per personb (break in time series) | 521 kg per person |
| 2019 | 528 kg per person | 505 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2018 | 519 kg per person | 501 kg per person |
| 2017 | 507 kg per person | 500 kg per person |
| 2016 | 501 kg per person | 494 kg per person |
| 2015 | 490 kg per person | 481 kg per person |
| 2014 | 490 kg per person | 479 kg per person |
| 2013 | 483 kg per person | 479 kg per person |
| 2012 | 495 kg per person | 487 kg per person |
| 2011 | 503 kg per person | 499 kg per person |
| 2010 | 532 kg per person | 503 kg per person |
| 2009 | 464 kg per person | 509 kg per person |
| 2008 | 458 kg per person | 517 kg per person |
| 2007 | 453 kg per person | 517 kg per person |
| 2006 | 447 kg per person | 513 kg per person |
| 2005 | 442 kg per person | 506 kg per person |
| 2004 | 436 kg per person | 500 kg per person |
| 2003 | 431 kg per person | 502 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2002 | 426 kg per person | 515 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2001 | 420 kg per person | 509 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2000 | 412 kg per person | 513 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
Flags: i value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.7% from 524 kg per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 490 kg per person, the figure has changed by +8.8%. 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, Greece has the 14th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 513 kg per person.
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