Municipal waste recycled in Portugal
Portugal: Municipal waste recycled was 1.63 million tonnes in 2023. β² Rising
Municipal waste recycled in Portugal, 2000β2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
The most recent figure for municipal waste recycled in Portugal is 1.63 million tonnes, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 37.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, municipal waste recycled in Portugal peaked at 1.63 million tonnes in 2023 and was at its lowest, 347,000 tonnes, in 2002.
Portugal ranks 24th 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 | 691,000 tonnes | 347,000 tonnes | 1.07 million tonnes | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.34 million tonnes | 1.02 million tonnes | 1.53 million tonnes | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.57 million tonnes | 1.41 million tonnes | 1.63 million tonnes | 4 |
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More environment data for Portugal
- Standard Deviation 0.44 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.15 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 969,945 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 3.65 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 28,002 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 8,251 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 473,567 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 582,185 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 659,862 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import quantity 681,792 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is municipal waste recycled in Portugal?
- Municipal waste recycled in Portugal was 1.63 million tonnes in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest municipal waste recycled recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.63 million tonnes in 2023.
- What is the lowest municipal waste recycled recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 347,000 tonnes in 2002.
- How does Portugal rank for municipal waste recycled?
- Portugal ranks 24th out of 84 countries with data for 2023.
- Is municipal waste recycled rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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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