Name: Recycling rate of municipal waste in Portugal
Creator: Eurostat
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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	Portugal	European Union
2024	32.9%	49.4%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2023	30.6%	47.9%
2022	30.2%	49.1%
2021	30.4%	49.7%
2020	26.8%	48.5%
2019	28.9%	47.2%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2018	29.1%	46.4%
2017	29.1%	46.3%
2016	30.9%	45.9%
2015	29.8%b (break in time series)	44.9%
2014	30.4%	43.4%
2013	25.8%	41.5%
2012	26.1%	40.9%
2011	20.1%	38.9%
2010	18.7%	38.0%
2009	19.5%	37.3%
2008	17.3%	36.6%
2007	17.1%b (break in time series)	35.2%
2006	15.9%	33.2%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2005	15.2%	32.5%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2004	13.5%	31.8%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2003	10.9%	31.1%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2002	7.6%b (break in time series)	30.4%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2001	11.9%	28.7%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2000	10.5%	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 . A dash means no value was published.

Recycling rate of municipal waste in Portugal

Recycling rate of municipal waste in Portugal over time