Netherlands vs Ukraine: Total waste generation

Netherlands

5.71 million tonnes

in 2022

Ukraine

6.75 million tonnes

in 2019

Netherlands rank

8th

Ukraine rank

6th

Total waste generation over time

Ukraine currently reports 6.75 million tonnes against 5.71 million tonnes in Netherlands, a difference of 1.04 million tonnes.

That makes Ukraine's figure about 1.2 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Ukraine ahead.

Netherlands ranks 8th and Ukraine ranks 6th 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)