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.

Measure: Recycling rate of municipal waste Unit: % of municipal waste generated Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
Netherlands, 2024 58.0% % of municipal waste generated
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 57.9%
European Union, 2024 49.4%i (Source flag i) Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 45.8% Middle value of 26 countries
Position in 2024 4th of 32 See the full ranking

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.

Recycling rate of municipal waste (% of municipal waste generated), 2000 to 2024
Period NetherlandsEuropean Union
2024 58.0% 49.4%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2023 57.9% 47.9%
2022 57.6%p (provisional) 49.1%
2021 57.8%p (provisional) 49.7%
2020 57.0% 48.5%
2019 56.9% 47.2%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2018 55.9% 46.4%
2017 54.6% 46.3%
2016 53.5% 45.9%
2015 51.8% 44.9%
2014 50.9% 43.4%
2013 49.8% 41.5%
2012 49.4% 40.9%
2011 49.1% 38.9%
2010 49.2% 38.0%
2009 49.1% 37.3%
2008 48.4%b (break in time series) 36.6%
2007 48.3% 35.2%
2006 46.8% 33.2%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2005 46.7% 32.5%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2004 46.9% 31.8%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2003 45.6% 31.1%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2002 45.3% 30.4%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2001 43.7% 28.7%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2000 44.1% 27.3%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)

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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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
sdg_11_60 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=PC
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Netherlands
Provider update
15 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat