Greece vs Latvia: Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total
Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total over time
- Greece
- Latvia
How they compare
Greece currently reports 83.38 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 37.74 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Latvia, a difference of 45.64 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars.
That makes Greece's figure about 2.2 times Latvia's.
Across all 10 years both countries report, Greece has been ahead every year.
Greece ranks 9th and Latvia ranks 7th of 20 countries.
Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 120.14 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 29.05 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 91.1 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Greece |
| 2010s | 192.04 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 36.06 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 155.98 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Greece |
| 2020s | 86.57 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 41.79 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 44.77 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, Greece or Latvia?
- Greece, at 83.38 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 37.74 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Latvia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total between Greece and Latvia?
- 45.64 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Latvia?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2022.
- How do Greece and Latvia rank globally for waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total?
- Greece ranks 9th and Latvia ranks 7th 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