Municipal waste collected in El Salvador
El Salvador: Municipal waste collected was 1.24 million tonnes in 2019. β² Rising
Municipal waste collected in El Salvador, 2011β2019
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 1.24 million tonnes for municipal waste collected in 2019. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, municipal waste collected in El Salvador peaked at 1.24 million tonnes in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.02 million tonnes, in 2011.
El Salvador ranks 60th of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More environment data for El Salvador
- Standard Deviation 0.27 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 5,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 5,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 297 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 76 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 23,595 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 17,241 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 160,462 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import quantity 169,252 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is municipal waste collected in El Salvador?
- Municipal waste collected in El Salvador was 1.24 million tonnes in 2019, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest municipal waste collected recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.24 million tonnes in 2019.
- What is the lowest municipal waste collected recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.02 million tonnes in 2011.
- How does El Salvador rank for municipal waste collected?
- El Salvador ranks 60th out of 103 countries with data for 2019.
- Is municipal waste collected rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Municipal waste collected (Tonnes). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV Β· JSON β 9 observations, free to reuse under UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested).