Municipal waste generated per person in Poland
Poland generated 387 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.
Poland, 2024
387
Change from 2023
+5.4%
European Union, 2024
513 kg per personi (Source flag i)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
498 kg per person
Position in 2024
30th of 33
Municipal waste generated per person in Poland 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 | Poland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 387 kg per person | 513 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2023 | 367 kg per person | 510 kg per person |
| 2022 | 364 kg per person | 514 kg per person |
| 2021 | 370 kg per person | 534 kg per person |
| 2020 | 350 kg per person | 521 kg per person |
| 2019 | 336 kg per person | 505 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2018 | 329 kg per person | 501 kg per person |
| 2017 | 315 kg per persone (estimated) | 500 kg per person |
| 2016 | 307 kg per persone (estimated) | 494 kg per person |
| 2015 | 286 kg per persone (estimated) | 481 kg per person |
| 2014 | 272 kg per personbe (break in time series, estimated) | 479 kg per person |
| 2013 | 297 kg per personbe (break in time series, estimated) | 479 kg per person |
| 2012 | 317 kg per persone (estimated) | 487 kg per person |
| 2011 | 319 kg per persone (estimated) | 499 kg per person |
| 2010 | 316 kg per persone (estimated) | 503 kg per person |
| 2009 | 316 kg per persone (estimated) | 509 kg per person |
| 2008 | 320 kg per persone (estimated) | 517 kg per person |
| 2007 | 322 kg per persone (estimated) | 517 kg per person |
| 2006 | 321 kg per persone (estimated) | 513 kg per person |
| 2005 | 319 kg per personbe (break in time series, estimated) | 506 kg per person |
| 2004 | 256 kg per person | 500 kg per person |
| 2003 | 260 kg per person | 502 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2002 | 275 kg per person | 515 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2001 | 290 kg per person | 509 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2000 | 320 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; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +5.4% from 367 kg per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 272 kg per person, the figure has changed by +42.3%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Poland has the 30th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 513 kg per person.
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Total waste generated per person
4,551 kg per person
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Basic drinking water access
90.1%
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Safely managed drinking water
88.7%
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Basic sanitation access
99.0%
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Level of water stress
32.5%
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