Bulgaria vs Sweden: Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total

Bulgaria
484.26 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars
in 2022
Sweden
256.33 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars
in 2022
Bulgaria rank
1st
Sweden rank
3rd

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

  • Bulgaria
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 484.26 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 256.33 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Sweden, a difference of 227.93 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.9 times Sweden's.

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

Bulgaria ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 3rd of 20 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Sweden Difference Ahead
2000s 1,302 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 192.23 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 1,109 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars Bulgaria
2010s 935.3 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 266.8 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 668.5 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars Bulgaria
2020s 566.62 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 255.7 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 310.92 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total, Bulgaria or Sweden?
Bulgaria, at 484.26 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 256.33 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Sweden as of 2022.
What is the difference in waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total between Bulgaria and Sweden?
227.93 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Sweden?
10 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2022.
How do Bulgaria and Sweden rank globally for waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total?
Bulgaria ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 3rd 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