Luxembourg vs Poland: Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total
Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total over time
- Luxembourg
- Poland
How they compare
Luxembourg currently reports 118.84 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 111.09 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Poland, a difference of 7.75 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars.
That makes Luxembourg's figure about 1.1 times Poland's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Poland ahead.
Luxembourg ranks 6th and Poland ranks 3rd of 20 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Luxembourg averaged higher in 1 and Poland in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 150.53 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 167.14 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 16.61 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Poland |
| 2010s | 130.72 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 148.93 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 18.21 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Poland |
| 2020s | 119.27 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 116.72 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 2.56 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 Poland?
- Luxembourg, at 118.84 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 111.09 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Poland as of 2022.
- What is the difference in waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total between Luxembourg and Poland?
- 7.75 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars, with Luxembourg ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Poland?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2022.
- How do Luxembourg and Poland rank globally for waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total?
- Luxembourg ranks 6th and Poland ranks 3rd 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