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

Luxembourg
118.84 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars
in 2022
Netherlands
100.18 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars
in 2022
Luxembourg rank
6th
Netherlands rank
4th

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

  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
050100150200420132022

How they compare

Luxembourg currently reports 118.84 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 100.18 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Netherlands, a difference of 18.66 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars.

That makes Luxembourg's figure about 1.2 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Luxembourg ahead.

Luxembourg ranks 6th and Netherlands ranks 4th of 20 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Luxembourg Netherlands Difference Ahead
2000s 150.53 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 103.64 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 46.89 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars Luxembourg
2010s 130.72 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 128.98 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 1.74 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars Luxembourg
2020s 119.27 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 107.4 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 11.87 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, Luxembourg or Netherlands?
Luxembourg, at 118.84 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 100.18 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Netherlands as of 2022.
What is the difference in waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total between Luxembourg and Netherlands?
18.66 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars, with Luxembourg ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Netherlands?
10 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2022.
How do Luxembourg and Netherlands rank globally for waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total?
Luxembourg ranks 6th and Netherlands ranks 4th 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