Total waste generated per person
All waste generated by economic activities and households, hazardous and non-hazardous, including mineral waste from construction and mining, divided by population. Reported every two years.
35 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.
Trend 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 | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4,872 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 4,185 kg per person | 4,869 kg per person | 2,457 kg per person |
| 2022 | 4,955 kg per person | 4,638 kg per person | 5,028 kg per person | 2,304 kg per person |
| 2020 | 4,804 kg per person | 4,824 kg per person | 4,546 kg per person | 2,228 kg per person |
| 2018 | 5,242 kg per person | 4,891 kg per person | 5,080 kg per person | 2,946 kg per person |
| 2016 | 5,079 kg per person | 4,858 kg per person | 4,801 kg per person | 2,776 kg per person |
| 2014 | 5,070 kg per person | 4,785 kg per person | 4,893 kg per person | 2,379 kg per person |
| 2012 | 5,079 kg per person | 4,576 kg per person | 5,264 kg per person | 2,535 kg per person |
| 2010 | 5,011 kg per person | 4,446 kg per person | 5,478 kg per person | 2,953 kg per person |
| 2008 | 4,881 kg per person | 4,540 kg per person | 5,376 kg per person | 3,248 kg per person |
| 2006 | 5,214 kg per person | 4,416 kg per person | 4,923 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 3,625 kg per person |
| 2004 | 5,186 kg per person | 4,412 kg per person | 4,743 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 3,743 kg per person |
Flags: i value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 35 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Serbia (32,159 kg per person) and the lowest North Macedonia (658 kg per person).
- Half of the countries are above 4,146 kg per person and half below.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 4,872 kg per person.
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- Mining and construction waste dominate the total in some countries.
Source and dates
All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Serbia 32,159 kg per person
- 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23,187 kg per person
- 3 Finland 21,774 kg per person
- 4 Sweden 17,174 kg per person
- 5 Bulgaria 14,324 kg per person
- 6 Luxembourg 12,165 kg per person
- 7 Estonia 10,239 kg per person
- 8 Liechtenstein 9,915 kg per person
- 9 Austria 7,186 kg per person
- 10 Malta 5,968 kg per person
- 11 Ukraine 5,920 kg per persondi (definition differs (see metadata), value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
- 12 Belgium 5,909 kg per person
- 13 Netherlands 5,847 kg per person
- 14 France 4,869 kg per person
- 15 Slovenia 4,747 kg per person
- 16 Poland 4,551 kg per person
- 17 Germany 4,185 kg per person
- 18 Cyprus 4,146 kg per person
- 19 Denmark 3,803 kg per person
- 20 Czechia 3,690 kg per person
- 21 Italy 3,408 kg per person
- 22 Ireland 3,101 kg per person
- 23 Greece 2,894 kg per personp (provisional)
- 24 Iceland 2,864 kg per person
- 25 Hungary 2,692 kg per person
- 26 Spain 2,457 kg per person
- 27 Norway 2,368 kg per person
- 28 Slovakia 2,336 kg per person
- 29 Lithuania 2,162 kg per person
- 30 Croatia 2,015 kg per person
- 31 Montenegro 1,950 kg per person
- 32 Portugal 1,891 kg per person
- 33 Latvia 1,670 kg per person
- 34 Türkiye 1,419 kg per person
- 35 North Macedonia 658 kg per person
- European Union 4,872 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies)
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.