Recycling rate of municipal waste in Slovakia
Slovakia recycled 50.7% of its municipal waste in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Slovakia, 2024
50.7%
Change from 2023
+0.4percentage points
European Union, 2024
49.4%i (Source flag i)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
45.8%
Position in 2024
11th of 32
Recycling rate of municipal waste in Slovakia 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; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 50.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 10.4%, the figure has changed by +40.3 percentage points.
- Among the 32 countries with data for 2024, Slovakia has the 11th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 49.4%.
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All statistics for Slovakia
Municipal waste generated per person
489 kg per person
2024 · Eurostat
Total waste generated per person
2,336 kg per person
2024 · Eurostat
Basic drinking water access
99.8%
2024 · World Bank
Safely managed drinking water
99.6%
2024 · World Bank
Basic sanitation access
97.5%
2024 · World Bank
Level of water stress
2.4%
2022 · World Bank