Municipal waste recycled in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Municipal waste recycled was 526,000 tonnes in 2023. β² Rising
Municipal waste recycled in Bulgaria, 2000β2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 526,000 tonnes for municipal waste recycled in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 32.3% on the previous year and down 41.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, municipal waste recycled in Bulgaria peaked at 1.06 million tonnes in 2017 and was at its lowest, 526,000 tonnes, in 2023.
Bulgaria ranks 44th of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 815,900 tonnes | 770,000 tonnes | 887,000 tonnes | 10 |
| 2010s | 928,500 tonnes | 736,000 tonnes | 1.06 million tonnes | 10 |
| 2020s | 790,250 tonnes | 526,000 tonnes | 997,000 tonnes | 4 |
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More environment data for Bulgaria
- Standard Deviation 0.573 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 200,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 409,949 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 42,467 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 11,362 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 157,473 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 112,591 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 300,048 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import quantity 325,622 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is municipal waste recycled in Bulgaria?
- Municipal waste recycled in Bulgaria was 526,000 tonnes in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest municipal waste recycled recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 million tonnes in 2017.
- What is the lowest municipal waste recycled recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 526,000 tonnes in 2023.
- How does Bulgaria rank for municipal waste recycled?
- Bulgaria ranks 44th out of 84 countries with data for 2023.
- Is municipal waste recycled rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Municipal waste recycled (Tonnes). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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