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

Austria
127.68 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars
in 2022
Netherlands
100.18 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars
in 2022
Austria rank
5th
Netherlands rank
4th

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

  • Austria
  • Netherlands
050100150200420132022

How they compare

Austria currently reports 127.68 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 100.18 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Netherlands, a difference of 27.5 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars.

That makes Austria's figure about 1.3 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Austria ahead.

Austria ranks 5th and Netherlands ranks 4th of 20 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 2 and Netherlands in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria Netherlands Difference Ahead
2000s 116.09 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 103.64 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 12.44 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars Austria
2010s 107.75 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 128.98 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 21.24 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars Netherlands
2020s 129.86 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 107.4 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 22.46 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars Austria

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 Netherlands?
Austria, at 127.68 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 100.18 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Netherlands as of 2022.
What is the difference in waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total between Austria and Netherlands?
27.5 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars, with Austria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Netherlands?
10 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2022.
How do Austria and Netherlands rank globally for waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total?
Austria ranks 5th and Netherlands ranks 4th 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