Luxembourg vs Malta: Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste over time
- Luxembourg
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 169.87 Index against 161.66 Index in Luxembourg, a difference of 8.21 Index.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Luxembourg's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Luxembourg ahead.
Luxembourg ranks 9th and Malta ranks 8th of 35 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Luxembourg averaged higher in 3 and Malta in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 89.67 Index | 79.48 Index | 10.2 Index | Luxembourg |
| 2000s | 109.61 Index | 118.98 Index | 9.37 Index | Malta |
| 2010s | 139.99 Index | 137.92 Index | 2.08 Index | Luxembourg |
| 2020s | 169.36 Index | 159.81 Index | 9.54 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, Luxembourg or Malta?
- Malta, at 169.87 Index against 161.66 Index in Luxembourg as of 2024.
- What is the difference in waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste between Luxembourg and Malta?
- 8.21 Index, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Malta?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2024.
- How do Luxembourg and Malta rank globally for waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste?
- Luxembourg ranks 9th and Malta ranks 8th 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