France vs Sweden: Total waste generation

France

1.35 million tonnes

in 2022

Sweden

1.54 million tonnes

in 2022

France rank

11th

Sweden rank

10th

Total waste generation over time

Sweden currently reports 1.54 million tonnes against 1.35 million tonnes in France, a difference of 187,870 tonnes.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times France's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2004 it was France ahead.

France ranks 11th and Sweden ranks 10th 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)