Denmark vs Italy: Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total
Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total over time
- Denmark
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 62.93 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 48.93 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Denmark, a difference of 14 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.3 times Denmark's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Italy ahead.
Denmark ranks 17th and Italy ranks 14th of 20 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.76 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 53.62 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 9.85 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Italy |
| 2010s | 56.7 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 57.11 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 0.4087 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Italy |
| 2020s | 52.01 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 64.57 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 12.56 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Italy |
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 Italy?
- Italy, at 62.93 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 48.93 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Denmark as of 2022.
- What is the difference in waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total between Denmark and Italy?
- 14 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Italy?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2022.
- How do Denmark and Italy rank globally for waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total?
- Denmark ranks 17th and Italy ranks 14th 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