Municipal waste generated per person in Slovakia

Slovakia generated 489 kg of municipal waste per person in 2024.

Measure: Municipal waste generated per person Unit: Kilograms per person per year Data: 1995 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
Slovakia, 2024 489 Kilograms per person per year
Change from 2023 +3.6% 2023: 472 kg per person
European Union, 2024 513 kg per personi (Source flag i) Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 498 kg per person Middle value of 26 countries
Position in 2024 20th of 33 See the full ranking

Municipal waste generated per person in Slovakia 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.

Municipal waste generated per person (kilograms per person per year), 2000 to 2024
Period SlovakiaEuropean Union
2024 489 kg per person 513 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2023 472 kg per person 510 kg per person
2022 478 kg per person 514 kg per person
2021 497 kg per person 534 kg per person
2020 478 kg per person 521 kg per person
2019 421 kg per person 505 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2018 414 kg per person 501 kg per person
2017 378 kg per person 500 kg per person
2016 348 kg per person 494 kg per person
2015 329 kg per person 481 kg per person
2014 320 kg per person 479 kg per person
2013 304 kg per person 479 kg per person
2012 306 kg per person 487 kg per person
2011 311 kg per person 499 kg per person
2010 319 kg per person 503 kg per person
2009 307 kg per person 509 kg per person
2008 313 kg per person 517 kg per person
2007 294 kg per person 517 kg per person
2006 284 kg per person 513 kg per person
2005 273 kg per person 506 kg per person
2004 261 kg per person 500 kg per person
2003 281 kg per person 502 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2002 270 kg per personb (break in time series) 515 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2001 239 kg per person 509 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
2000 254 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 +3.6% from 472 kg per person in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 320 kg per person, the figure has changed by +52.8%.
  • Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Slovakia has the 20th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 513 kg per person.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
env_wasmun · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A wst_oper=GEN unit=KG_HAB
Observation period
1995 to 2024 for Slovakia
Provider update
15 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat