Municipal waste generated per person in Norway
Norway generated 721 kg of municipal waste per person in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2015. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Norway, 2024
721
Change from 2023
−0.4%
European Union, 2024
513 kg per personi (Source flag i)
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
501 kg per person
Position in 2024
4th of 33
Municipal waste generated per person in Norway 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 | Norway | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 721 kg per person | 513 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2023 | 724 kg per person | 510 kg per person |
| 2022 | 768 kg per person | 514 kg per person |
| 2021 | 799 kg per person | 534 kg per person |
| 2020 | 726 kg per personb (break in time series) | 521 kg per person |
| 2019 | 776 kg per person | 505 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2018 | 739 kg per person | 501 kg per person |
| 2017 | 748 kg per person | 500 kg per person |
| 2016 | 754 kg per personb (break in time series) | 494 kg per person |
| 2015 | 421 kg per person | 481 kg per person |
| 2014 | 423 kg per personb (break in time series) | 479 kg per person |
| 2013 | 496 kg per person | 479 kg per person |
| 2012 | 477 kg per person | 487 kg per person |
| 2011 | 485 kg per person | 499 kg per person |
| 2010 | 469 kg per person | 503 kg per person |
| 2009 | 470 kg per person | 509 kg per person |
| 2008 | 487 kg per person | 517 kg per person |
| 2007 | 491 kg per person | 517 kg per person |
| 2006 | 459 kg per person | 513 kg per person |
| 2005 | 426 kg per person | 506 kg per person |
| 2004 | 414 kg per person | 500 kg per person |
| 2003 | 402 kg per person | 502 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2002 | 392 kg per person | 515 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2001 | 361 kg per personb (break in time series) | 509 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2000 | 613 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 −0.4% from 724 kg per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 423 kg per person, the figure has changed by +70.4%. 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, Norway has the 4th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 513 kg per person.
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Basic sanitation access
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Level of water stress
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