Recycling rate of municipal waste in Netherlands
Netherlands recycled 58.0% of its municipal waste in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Netherlands, 2024
58.0%
Change from 2023
+0.1percentage points
European Union, 2024
49.4%i (Source flag i)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
45.8%
Position in 2024
4th of 32
Recycling rate of municipal waste in Netherlands over time
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% of municipal waste generated. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
Flags: i value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies; b break in time series; p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 57.9% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 50.9%, the figure has changed by +7.1 percentage points.
- Among the 32 countries with data for 2024, Netherlands has the 4th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 49.4%.
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All statistics for Netherlands
Municipal waste generated per person
473 kg per person
2024 · Eurostat
Total waste generated per person
5,847 kg per person
2024 · Eurostat
Basic drinking water access
100.0%
2024 · World Bank
Safely managed drinking water
100.0%
2024 · World Bank
Basic sanitation access
97.7%
2024 · World Bank
Level of water stress
16.7%
2022 · World Bank