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

Luxembourg
118.84 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars
in 2022
Türkiye
38.81 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars
in 2022
Luxembourg rank
6th
Türkiye rank
6th

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

  • Luxembourg
  • Türkiye
50100150200420132022

How they compare

Luxembourg currently reports 118.84 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 38.81 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Türkiye, a difference of 80.03 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars.

That makes Luxembourg's figure about 3.1 times Türkiye's.

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

Luxembourg ranks 6th and Türkiye ranks 6th of 20 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Luxembourg Türkiye Difference Ahead
2000s 150.53 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 44.28 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 106.25 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars Luxembourg
2010s 130.72 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 39.94 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 90.78 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars Luxembourg
2020s 119.27 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 41.9 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars 77.37 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 Türkiye?
Luxembourg, at 118.84 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 38.81 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Türkiye as of 2022.
What is the difference in waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total between Luxembourg and Türkiye?
80.03 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars, with Luxembourg ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Türkiye?
10 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2022.
How do Luxembourg and Türkiye rank globally for waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total?
Luxembourg ranks 6th and Türkiye ranks 6th 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