Recycling rate of municipal waste

Name: Recycling rate of municipal waste
Creator: Eurostat

Last updated time

15/10/2026 11:00

Source name

Time frequency

Annual

Waste management operations

Recycling

Unit of measure

Percentage

Country/Region

Poland

20002024

Municipal waste recycling rate by country in 2024 (percentage)

In 2024, Germany had the highest value (69) among 32 countries.

#	Country	Value	Change
1	Germany	69	+0.4%
1	Albania (2023)	18.8	-0.5%
2	Slovenia	62.4	+4.3%
2	Serbia (2023)	15.2	-13.6%
3	Austria	60.7	-3.3%
3	Romania (2023)	12.4	+0.8%
4	Netherlands	58	+0.2%
4	North Macedonia (2023)	0	–
5	Belgium	56.6	+1.4%
6	Luxembourg	56.5	0.0%
7	Latvia	52.7	+4.2%
8	Lithuania	52.5	+6.5%
9	Italy	52.3	+3.0%
10	Switzerland	51.8	-0.4%
11	Slovakia	50.7	+0.8%
12	Finland	47.9	+6.9%
13	Norway	46.9	+12.5%
14	Denmark	46.2	-0.9%
15	Sweden	46.1	+17.0%
16	France	45.5	+12.9%
17	Iceland	44.7	+41.0%
18	Czechia	44.4	+2.1%
19	Ireland	43.1	+2.9%
20	Spain	42.5	-1.8%
21	Croatia	36.7	+1.9%
22	Estonia	36.4	-4.0%
23	Hungary	33.6	+0.6%
24	Portugal	32.9	+7.5%
25	Poland	31.1	+12.7%
26	Bulgaria	21.8	+30.5%
27	Greece	17.5	+0.6%