Municipal waste generated per person in Italy
Italy generated 500 kg of municipal waste per person in 2024.
Italy, 2024
500
Change from 2023
+2.2%
European Union, 2024
513 kg per personi (Source flag i)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
498 kg per person
Position in 2024
17th of 33
Municipal waste generated per person in Italy 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 | Italy | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 500 kg per person | 513 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2023 | 489 kg per person | 510 kg per person |
| 2022 | 486 kg per person | 514 kg per person |
| 2021 | 495 kg per person | 534 kg per person |
| 2020 | 487 kg per person | 521 kg per person |
| 2019 | 503 kg per person | 505 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2018 | 504 kg per person | 501 kg per person |
| 2017 | 493 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 | 492 kg per person | 479 kg per person |
| 2013 | 490 kg per person | 479 kg per person |
| 2012 | 498 kg per person | 487 kg per person |
| 2011 | 523 kg per person | 499 kg per person |
| 2010 | 542 kg per person | 503 kg per person |
| 2009 | 539 kg per person | 509 kg per person |
| 2008 | 548 kg per person | 517 kg per person |
| 2007 | 554 kg per person | 517 kg per person |
| 2006 | 557 kg per person | 513 kg per person |
| 2005 | 544 kg per person | 506 kg per person |
| 2004 | 539 kg per person | 500 kg per person |
| 2003 | 523 kg per person | 502 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2002 | 523 kg per person | 515 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2001 | 516 kg per person | 509 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2000 | 509 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 . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +2.2% from 489 kg per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 492 kg per person, the figure has changed by +1.6%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Italy has the 17th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 513 kg per person.
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Safely managed drinking water
96.8%
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Basic sanitation access
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Level of water stress
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