Luxembourg vs Netherlands: Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste over time
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
How they compare
Luxembourg currently reports 161.66 Index against 89.24 Index in Netherlands, a difference of 72.42 Index.
That makes Luxembourg's figure about 1.8 times Netherlands's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Netherlands ahead.
Luxembourg ranks 9th and Netherlands ranks 10th of 35 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Luxembourg averaged higher in 3 and Netherlands in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 52.76 Index | 74.8 Index | 22.04 Index | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 82.44 Index | 88.55 Index | 6.11 Index | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 109.61 Index | 101.87 Index | 7.74 Index | Luxembourg |
| 2010s | 139.99 Index | 94.48 Index | 45.51 Index | Luxembourg |
| 2020s | 169.36 Index | 91.28 Index | 78.08 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 Netherlands?
- Luxembourg, at 161.66 Index against 89.24 Index in Netherlands as of 2024.
- What is the difference in waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste between Luxembourg and Netherlands?
- 72.42 Index, with Luxembourg ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Netherlands?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Luxembourg and Netherlands rank globally for waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste?
- Luxembourg ranks 9th and Netherlands ranks 10th 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