Municipal waste recycling rate in Denmark
Denmark: Municipal waste recycling rate was 27.27 Percentage in 2015. ▲ Rising
Municipal waste recycling rate in Denmark, 1993–2015
Source: OECD (2018) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 27.27 Percentage for municipal waste recycling rate in 2015.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, municipal waste recycling rate in Denmark peaked at 34.19 Percentage in 2008 and was at its lowest, 8.54 Percentage, in 1993.
Denmark ranks 11th of 31 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.02 Percentage | 8.54 Percentage | 24.63 Percentage | 7 |
| 2000s | 25.72 Percentage | 21.29 Percentage | 34.19 Percentage | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.05 Percentage | 25.67 Percentage | 29.19 Percentage | 6 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
More environment data for Denmark
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 38.26 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 6.4 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 6.34 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2865 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.5045 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0088 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 8.07 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1091 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.014 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.8057 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is municipal waste recycling rate in Denmark?
- Municipal waste recycling rate in Denmark was 27.27 Percentage in 2015, according to OECD (2018) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest municipal waste recycling rate recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 34.19 Percentage in 2008.
- What is the lowest municipal waste recycling rate recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.54 Percentage in 1993.
- How does Denmark rank for municipal waste recycling rate?
- Denmark ranks 11th out of 31 countries with data for 2015.
- Is municipal waste recycling rate rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2018) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Municipal waste recycling rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Municipal (including household) waste recycling rates, measured as the percentage of total waste generated that is recycled.