Austria vs Luxembourg: Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste over time
- Austria
- Luxembourg
How they compare
Luxembourg currently reports 161.66 Index against 153.72 Index in Austria, a difference of 7.94 Index.
That makes Luxembourg's figure about 1.1 times Austria's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 12th and Luxembourg ranks 9th of 35 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 1 and Luxembourg in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Luxembourg | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 67.8 Index | 59.59 Index | 8.21 Index | Austria |
| 1990s | 79.23 Index | 81.05 Index | 1.82 Index | Luxembourg |
| 2000s | 104.06 Index | 109.61 Index | 5.55 Index | Luxembourg |
| 2010s | 106.01 Index | 139.99 Index | 33.99 Index | Luxembourg |
| 2020s | 157.75 Index | 171.28 Index | 13.53 Index | Luxembourg |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste, Austria or Luxembourg?
- Luxembourg, at 161.66 Index against 153.72 Index in Austria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste between Austria and Luxembourg?
- 7.94 Index, with Luxembourg ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Luxembourg?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2023.
- How do Austria and Luxembourg rank globally for waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste?
- Austria ranks 12th and Luxembourg ranks 9th of 35 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste generated. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset presents trends in amounts of municipal waste generated (including household waste), and the treatment and disposal method used. The amount of waste generated in each country is related to the rate of urbanisation, the types and pattern of consumption, household revenue and lifestyles. Data source(s): OECD Annual Quality Assurance (AQA) questionnaire (jointly collected with Eurostat) for OECD countries. UNSD, Country Files from the UNSD/UNEP data collection on environment statistics (available at: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/envstats/country_files) for non-OECD countries. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: March, 2026 Database documentation