Romania vs Sweden: Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total
Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total over time
- Romania
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 256.33 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 222.22 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Romania, a difference of 34.11 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.2 times Romania's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Romania ahead.
Romania ranks 4th and Sweden ranks 3rd of 20 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Romania averaged higher in 2 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Romania | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 671.4 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 192.23 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 479.17 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Romania |
| 2010s | 366.75 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 266.8 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 99.95 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Romania |
| 2020s | 217.9 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 255.7 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 37.8 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total, Romania or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 256.33 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars against 222.22 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in Romania as of 2022.
- What is the difference in waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total between Romania and Sweden?
- 34.11 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Sweden?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2022.
- How do Romania and Sweden rank globally for waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total?
- Romania ranks 4th and Sweden 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