Waste generated by households by year and waste category

Name: Waste generated by households by year and waste category
Creator: Eurostat

Last updated time

28/10/2026 23:00

Source name

Time frequency

Annual

Unit of measure

Tonne

Hazard class

Hazardous and non-hazardous - total

Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 2)

Households

Waste categories

Total waste

Country/Region

Poland

20042024

Household waste generation by category and country in 2024 (tonne, hazardous and non-hazardous - total, households, total waste)

In 2024, Germany had the highest value (37,104,779) among 35 countries.

#	Country	Value	Change
1	Germany	37,104,779	+2.1%
1	Romania (2022)	4,498,038	+5.7%
2	Italy	29,932,731	+3.0%
2	Kosovo* (2022)	379	-99.9%
3	France	29,468,755	-5.9%
3	Albania (2022)	0	–
4	Türkiye	28,230,505	+5.3%
5	Spain	21,876,989	-7.5%
6	Poland	14,115,874	+1.4%
7	Netherlands	8,370,200	+1.0%
8	Czechia	6,122,152	+42.0%
9	Portugal	5,552,029	+4.3%
10	Belgium	5,029,027	+4.6%
11	Austria	4,635,013	+4.0%
12	Hungary	4,370,669	-10.8%
13	Ukraine	4,241,034	–
14	Sweden	4,148,482	-3.4%
15	Greece	4,119,550	+3.1%
16	Denmark	3,237,203	-0.7%
17	Slovakia	2,372,672	+1.7%
18	Bulgaria	2,302,243	-12.1%
19	Norway	2,244,158	+0.4%
20	Serbia	2,126,161	-4.4%
21	Ireland	1,674,714	-9.0%
22	Lithuania	1,437,104	+1.6%
23	Croatia	1,386,525	+13.1%
24	Finland	1,337,848	-20.2%
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina	753,358	-18.9%
26	Slovenia	735,520	+13.5%
27	Latvia	612,856	-12.6%
28	Estonia	465,461	+2.6%