Municipal waste collected (Tonnes) by country

Countries reporting
103
Highest
254.08 million tonnes
China
Lowest
14,655 tonnes
Anguilla
Median
1.65 million tonnes
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
1,842

What the numbers show

Municipal waste collected (Tonnes) is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 254.08 million tonnes in China; the lowest is 14,655 tonnes in Anguilla.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.65 million tonnes, and the mean is 8.24 million tonnes.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17,338.

Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in United Republic of Tanzania (up 560.2%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 68.0%).

Municipal waste collected: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 254.08 million tonnes 2023 up 47.4% rising
2 India 57.10 million tonnes 2021 up 34.1% rising
3 Germany 51.02 million tonnes 2023 up 4.1% flat
4 Brazil 34.02 million tonnes 2015 down 3.7% rising
5 France 33.98 million tonnes 2023 down 0.6% rising
6 Türkiye 32.74 million tonnes 2021 up 23.0% rising
7 Italy 24.94 million tonnes 2023 down 12.6% flat
8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 22.61 million tonnes 2020 down 22.1% falling
9 Spain 22.50 million tonnes 2023 up 6.2% falling
10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 21.65 million tonnes 2023 up 3.1% flat
11 Thailand 19.51 million tonnes 2021 down 0.8% flat
12 Iraq 18.81 million tonnes 2023 up 47.2% rising
13 Kuwait 18.67 million tonnes 2019 up 122.7% rising
14 Argentina 17.36 million tonnes 2022 up 19.6% rising
15 Colombia 11.03 million tonnes 2016 rising
16 Poland 10.55 million tonnes 2023 up 11.4% rising
17 Niger 9.75 million tonnes 2005 up 23.8% rising
18 Ukraine 9.61 million tonnes 2023 down 33.8% flat
19 Indonesia 9.54 million tonnes 2017 up 25.9% rising
20 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 8.36 million tonnes 2023 down 5.4% rising
21 Belgium 8.10 million tonnes 2023 up 70.9% rising
22 Austria 7.14 million tonnes 2023 up 50.5% rising
23 Singapore 6.94 million tonnes 2021 up 0.7% rising
24 Switzerland 6.03 million tonnes 2023 up 5.6% rising
25 Bangladesh 5.87 million tonnes 2021 up 55.2% rising
26 Czechia 5.84 million tonnes 2023 up 81.1% rising
27 Portugal 5.63 million tonnes 2023 up 22.4% rising
28 Romania 5.48 million tonnes 2023 up 28.4% falling
29 Greece 5.44 million tonnes 2023 up 3.0% rising
30 Ecuador 5.25 million tonnes 2022 up 90.7% rising
31 United Arab Emirates 4.73 million tonnes 2023 down 19.8% falling
32 Uganda 4.57 million tonnes 2023 up 35.8% rising
33 Cuba 4.57 million tonnes 2021 up 8.1% rising
34 Denmark 4.51 million tonnes 2023 down 1.1% rising
35 Kazakhstan 4.14 million tonnes 2023 up 16.8% rising
36 Hungary 4.12 million tonnes 2023 up 10.1% falling
37 Ghana 4.11 million tonnes 2017 up 59.3% rising
38 Sweden 4.11 million tonnes 2023 down 5.9% rising
39 Norway 3.99 million tonnes 2023 up 60.5% rising
40 Belarus 3.98 million tonnes 2023 up 8.2% rising
41 Qatar 3.77 million tonnes 2023 up 36.3% rising
42 Ireland 3.18 million tonnes 2020 up 21.3% rising
43 Serbia 2.96 million tonnes 2023 up 52.2% rising
44 Azerbaijan 2.72 million tonnes 2023 up 62.8% rising
45 Finland 2.61 million tonnes 2023 down 2.6% rising
46 Slovakia 2.51 million tonnes 2023 up 66.8% rising
47 Malaysia 2.29 million tonnes 2023 down 15.8% volatile
48 Bulgaria 2.15 million tonnes 2023 down 30.7% falling
49 United Republic of Tanzania 2.10 million tonnes 2020 up 560.2% volatile
50 Kenya 2.03 million tonnes 2023 up 514.4% rising
51 State of Palestine 1.70 million tonnes 2022 up 12.4% rising
52 Bahrain 1.65 million tonnes 2021 up 15.9% rising
53 Croatia 1.64 million tonnes 2023 down 1.8% flat
54 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.60 million tonnes 2021 up 51.5% rising
55 Yemen 1.58 million tonnes 2013 up 43.1% rising
56 Jamaica 1.46 million tonnes 2006 up 53.6% rising
57 Kyrgyzstan 1.40 million tonnes 2017 down 15.4% volatile
58 Tunisia 1.32 million tonnes 2004 rising
59 Lithuania 1.27 million tonnes 2023 up 1.6% rising
60 El Salvador 1.24 million tonnes 2019 up 21.5% rising
61 Georgia 1.05 million tonnes 2022 up 18.8% rising
62 Bosnia and Herzegovina 918,000 tonnes 2023 up 2.7% falling
63 Slovenia 909,000 tonnes 2023 up 72.8% flat
64 Latvia 848,000 tonnes 2022 up 37.9% rising
65 Albania 844,000 tonnes 2023 down 10.2% falling
66 Panama 791,875 tonnes 2019 up 43.1% rising
67 Republic of Moldova 768,600 tonnes 2021 down 68.0% rising
68 Burkina Faso 758,100 tonnes 2009 up 38.2% rising
69 Trinidad and Tobago 736,455 tonnes 2023 down 7.6% rising
70 North Macedonia 622,000 tonnes 2023 down 21.6% falling
71 Réunion 541,767 tonnes 2021 up 2.1% rising
72 Mauritius 541,140 tonnes 2023 up 20.5% rising
73 Cyprus 496,000 tonnes 2023 down 2.9% flat
74 Luxembourg 478,000 tonnes 2023 up 42.7% rising
75 Estonia 464,000 tonnes 2023 up 38.1% falling
76 Armenia 433,300 tonnes 2023 down 16.3% rising
77 Myanmar 378,873 tonnes 2021 up 100.0% rising
78 Montenegro 345,000 tonnes 2023 up 16.6% falling
79 Maldives 325,410 tonnes 2014 up 197.2% volatile
80 Suriname 316,760 tonnes 2023 up 48.5% rising
81 Malta 312,000 tonnes 2023 up 28.4% rising
82 Barbados 261,765 tonnes 2021 down 24.9% falling
83 Guadeloupe 235,411 tonnes 2021 down 0.9% rising
84 Iceland 224,000 tonnes 2023 up 34.9% rising
85 Brunei Darussalam 196,170 tonnes 2023 up 8.9% rising
86 Martinique 175,170 tonnes 2021 down 11.3% falling
87 Curaçao 173,123 tonnes 2017 down 10.0% flat
88 Fiji 171,229 tonnes 2023 up 10.2% rising
89 Cabo Verde 145,894 tonnes 2015 up 88.3% rising
90 Antigua and Barbuda 108,400 tonnes 2021 down 10.6% rising
91 French Guiana 108,020 tonnes 2019 up 15.6% rising
92 Bermuda 86,400 tonnes 2019 down 3.7% rising
93 French Polynesia 83,326 tonnes 2015 falling
94 Saint Lucia 79,000 tonnes 2019 up 3.9% rising
95 Andorra 40,880 tonnes 2023 down 1.8% falling
96 British Virgin Islands 36,697 tonnes 2005 up 28.5% rising
97 Liechtenstein 32,638 tonnes 2023 down 1.9% falling
98 Monaco 28,418 tonnes 2023 down 7.8% falling
99 Saint Kitts and Nevis 26,467 tonnes 2023 up 60.9% rising
100 Burundi 24,420 tonnes 2019 up 77.0% volatile
101 Dominica 21,000 tonnes 2021 up 12.3% rising
102 Samoa 15,450 tonnes 2017 rising
103 Anguilla 14,655 tonnes 2008 up 160.1% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Municipal waste collected (Tonnes)
Unit
tonnes
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
105 places, 1,842 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed