Germany vs Greece: Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total
Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total over time
- Germany
- Greece
How they compare
Greece currently reports 83.38 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 74.79 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Germany, a difference of 8.59 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars.
That makes Greece's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Germany ahead.
Germany ranks 12th and Greece ranks 9th of 20 countries.
Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Greece | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86.01 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 120.14 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 34.13 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Greece |
| 2010s | 81.65 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 192.04 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 110.39 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Greece |
| 2020s | 78.5 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 86.57 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 8.07 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total, Germany or Greece?
- Greece, at 83.38 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 74.79 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Germany as of 2022.
- What is the difference in waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total between Germany and Greece?
- 8.59 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Greece?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2022.
- How do Germany and Greece rank globally for waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total?
- Germany ranks 12th and Greece ranks 9th 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