Czechia vs Korea: Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste over time
- Czechia
- Korea
How they compare
Czechia currently reports 170.07 Index against 132.25 Index in Korea, a difference of 37.82 Index.
That makes Czechia's figure about 1.3 times Korea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 30 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Korea ahead.
Czechia ranks 7th and Korea ranks 4th of 35 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Czechia averaged higher in 2 and Korea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Czechia | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 89.65 Index | 105.48 Index | 15.83 Index | Korea |
| 2000s | 88.17 Index | 106.84 Index | 18.67 Index | Korea |
| 2010s | 113.84 Index | 111.6 Index | 2.24 Index | Czechia |
| 2020s | 171.08 Index | 133.77 Index | 37.31 Index | Czechia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste, Czechia or Korea?
- Czechia, at 170.07 Index against 132.25 Index in Korea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste between Czechia and Korea?
- 37.82 Index, with Czechia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and Korea?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2023.
- How do Czechia and Korea rank globally for waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste?
- Czechia ranks 7th and Korea ranks 4th 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