Municipal waste generated per person in Portugal
Portugal generated 492 kg of municipal waste per person in 2024.
Portugal, 2024
492
Change from 2023
+2.1%
European Union, 2024
513 kg per personi (Source flag i)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
498 kg per person
Position in 2024
19th of 33
Municipal waste generated per person in Portugal 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 | Portugal | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 492 kg per person | 513 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2023 | 482 kg per person | 510 kg per person |
| 2022 | 495 kg per person | 514 kg per person |
| 2021 | 510 kg per person | 534 kg per person |
| 2020 | 509 kg per person | 521 kg per person |
| 2019 | 510 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 | 484 kg per person | 500 kg per person |
| 2016 | 472 kg per person | 494 kg per person |
| 2015 | 459 kg per personb (break in time series) | 481 kg per person |
| 2014 | 452 kg per person | 479 kg per person |
| 2013 | 439 kg per person | 479 kg per person |
| 2012 | 453 kg per person | 487 kg per person |
| 2011 | 490 kg per person | 499 kg per person |
| 2010 | 516 kg per person | 503 kg per person |
| 2009 | 520 kg per person | 509 kg per person |
| 2008 | 518 kg per person | 517 kg per person |
| 2007 | 471 kg per personb (break in time series) | 517 kg per person |
| 2006 | 465 kg per person | 513 kg per person |
| 2005 | 452 kg per person | 506 kg per person |
| 2004 | 445 kg per person | 500 kg per person |
| 2003 | 449 kg per person | 502 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2002 | 441 kg per personb (break in time series) | 515 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2001 | 454 kg per person | 509 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2000 | 457 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 +2.1% from 482 kg per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 452 kg per person, the figure has changed by +8.8%. 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, Portugal has the 19th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 513 kg per person.
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Recycling rate of municipal waste
32.9%
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Total waste generated per person
1,891 kg per person
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Basic drinking water access
99.3%
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Safely managed drinking water
95.2%
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Basic sanitation access
99.7%
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Level of water stress
12.3%
2022 · World Bank