Recycling rate of municipal waste in Romania
Romania recycled 12.4% of its municipal waste in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest since 2017.
Romania, 2023
12.4%
Change from 2022
+0.1percentage points
European Union, 2023
47.9%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023
43.3%
Recycling rate of municipal waste in Romania over time
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% of municipal waste generated. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
Flags: i value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies; e estimated; be break in time series, estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 12.3% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 13.2%, the figure has changed by −0.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 47.9%.
More for Romania
All statistics for Romania
Municipal waste generated per person
305 kg per person
2023 · Eurostat
Total waste generated per person
8,410 kg per person
2022 · Eurostat
Basic drinking water access
100.0%
2024 · World Bank
Safely managed drinking water
82.2%
2024 · World Bank
Basic sanitation access
90.5%
2024 · World Bank
Level of water stress
7.6%
2022 · World Bank