Lithuania vs Luxembourg: Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total

Lithuania
45.26 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars
in 2022
Luxembourg
118.84 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars
in 2022
Lithuania rank
5th
Luxembourg rank
6th

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

  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
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How they compare

Luxembourg currently reports 118.84 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 45.26 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Lithuania, a difference of 73.58 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars.

That makes Luxembourg's figure about 2.6 times Lithuania's.

Across all 10 years both countries report, Luxembourg has been ahead every year.

Lithuania ranks 5th and Luxembourg ranks 6th of 7 countries.

Luxembourg has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lithuania Luxembourg Difference Ahead
2000s 80.12 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 150.53 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 70.41 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars Luxembourg
2010s 65.19 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 130.72 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 65.53 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars Luxembourg
2020s 51.5 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 119.27 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 67.77 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars Luxembourg

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total, Lithuania or Luxembourg?
Luxembourg, at 118.84 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 45.26 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Lithuania as of 2022.
What is the difference in waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total between Lithuania and Luxembourg?
73.58 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars, with Luxembourg ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Luxembourg?
10 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2022.
How do Lithuania and Luxembourg rank globally for waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total?
Lithuania ranks 5th and Luxembourg ranks 6th of 7 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