Denmark vs Iceland: Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total
Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total over time
- Denmark
- Iceland
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 51.88 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 48.93 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Denmark, a difference of 2.95 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars.
That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Denmark ahead.
Denmark ranks 17th and Iceland ranks 16th of 20 countries.
Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.27 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 38.65 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 4.62 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Denmark |
| 2010s | 56.7 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 44.6 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 12.1 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Denmark |
| 2020s | 55.09 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 51.88 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 3.2 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total, Denmark or Iceland?
- Iceland, at 51.88 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 48.93 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Denmark as of 2020.
- What is the difference in waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total between Denmark and Iceland?
- 2.95 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Iceland?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2020.
- How do Denmark and Iceland rank globally for waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total?
- Denmark ranks 17th and Iceland ranks 16th 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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About this data
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