Bulgaria vs Chile: Total waste generation

Bulgaria

817,212 tonnes

in 2022

Chile

892,986 tonnes

in 2021

Bulgaria rank

15th

Chile rank

14th

Total waste generation over time

Chile currently reports 892,986 tonnes against 817,212 tonnes in Bulgaria, a difference of 75,774 tonnes.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Chile ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 15th and Chile ranks 14th 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)