Brazil vs Japan: Proportion of municipal waste treated, by type of treatment
Brazil
0.5%
in 2015
Japan
0.3%
in 2021
Brazil rank
52nd
Japan rank
55th
Proportion of municipal waste treated, by type of treatment over time
- Brazil
- Japan
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 0.5% against 0.3% in Japan, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.6 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Japan ahead.
Brazil ranks 52nd and Japan ranks 55th of 70 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of municipal waste treated, by type of treatment, Brazil or Japan?
- Brazil, at 0.5% against 0.3% in Japan as of 2015.
- What is the difference in proportion of municipal waste treated, by type of treatment between Brazil and Japan?
- 0.2%, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Japan?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2015.
- How do Brazil and Japan rank globally for proportion of municipal waste treated, by type of treatment?
- Brazil ranks 52nd and Japan ranks 55th of 70 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Proportion of municipal waste treated, by type of treatment (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.