Ireland vs Norway: Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total
Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total over time
- Ireland
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 36.19 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 24.49 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Ireland, a difference of 11.7 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.5 times Ireland's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 20th and Norway ranks 19th of 20 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 2 and Norway in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 29.74 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 69.26 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Ireland |
| 2010s | 49.38 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 32.88 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 16.5 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Ireland |
| 2020s | 28.67 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 37.54 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 8.87 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total, Ireland or Norway?
- Norway, at 36.19 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 24.49 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Ireland as of 2022.
- What is the difference in waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total between Ireland and Norway?
- 11.7 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Norway?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2022.
- How do Ireland and Norway rank globally for waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total?
- Ireland ranks 20th and Norway ranks 19th 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