Austria vs Finland: Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total

Austria
127.68 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars
in 2022
Finland
360.5 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars
in 2022
Austria rank
5th
Finland rank
2nd

Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total over time

  • Austria
  • Finland
100200300400200420132022

How they compare

Finland currently reports 360.5 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 127.68 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Austria, a difference of 232.82 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars.

That makes Finland's figure about 2.8 times Austria's.

Across all 10 years both countries report, Finland has been ahead every year.

Austria ranks 5th and Finland ranks 2nd of 20 countries.

Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria Finland Difference Ahead
2000s 116.09 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 269.44 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 153.36 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars Finland
2010s 107.75 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 381.68 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 273.94 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars Finland
2020s 129.86 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 377.2 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 247.33 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars Finland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total, Austria or Finland?
Finland, at 360.5 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 127.68 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Austria as of 2022.
What is the difference in waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total between Austria and Finland?
232.82 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Finland?
10 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2022.
How do Austria and Finland rank globally for waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total?
Austria ranks 5th and Finland ranks 2nd of 20 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total waste generated. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total waste generated
Unit
Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
29 places, 286 data points, 2004–2022
Last refreshed

This dataset presents data on waste by economic sector, using the major divisions of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 4. Data source(s): (i) OECD State of the Environment questionnaire on waste for non-EU countries; (ii) EU Waste Framework Directive for EU-countries (available in Eurostat database https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/environment/database); and (iii) 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: April 2025 Database documentation