Ireland vs Norway: Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total

Ireland
24.49 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars
in 2022
Norway
36.19 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars
in 2022
Ireland rank
20th
Norway rank
19th

Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total over time

  • Ireland
  • Norway
20406080100200420132022

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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Indicator
Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total waste generated
Unit
Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
29 places, 286 data points, 2004–2022
Last refreshed

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