Austria vs Belgium: Total waste generation

Austria

189,253 tonnes

in 2022

Belgium

272,374 tonnes

in 2022

Austria rank

30th

Belgium rank

29th

Total waste generation over time

Belgium currently reports 272,374 tonnes against 189,253 tonnes in Austria, a difference of 83,121 tonnes.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.4 times Austria's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Belgium ahead.

Austria ranks 30th and Belgium ranks 29th of 59 countries.

Indicator: Total waste generation
Unit: tonnes
Source: United Nations Statistics Division and United Nations Environment Programme – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 59 places, 686 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total waste generation, by activity (Tonnes)