Municipal waste recycling rate in Iceland
Iceland: Municipal waste recycling rate was 21.31 Percentage in 2014. ▲ Rising
Municipal waste recycling rate in Iceland, 1995–2014
Source: OECD (2018) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 21.31 Percentage for municipal waste recycling rate in 2014.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.9% on the previous year and up 48.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, municipal waste recycling rate in Iceland peaked at 25.04 Percentage in 2013 and was at its lowest, 5.86 Percentage, in 1995.
That places Iceland 23rd out of 31 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.06 Percentage | 5.86 Percentage | 11.07 Percentage | 5 |
| 2000s | 14.62 Percentage | 12.64 Percentage | 17.3 Percentage | 6 |
| 2010s | 21.21 Percentage | 15.59 Percentage | 25.04 Percentage | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More environment data for Iceland
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 4.28 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 11.08 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.2793 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0015 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.4807 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0021 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.194 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is municipal waste recycling rate in Iceland?
- Municipal waste recycling rate in Iceland was 21.31 Percentage in 2014, according to OECD (2018) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest municipal waste recycling rate recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 25.04 Percentage in 2013.
- What is the lowest municipal waste recycling rate recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.86 Percentage in 1995.
- How does Iceland rank for municipal waste recycling rate?
- Iceland ranks 23rd out of 31 countries with data for 2014.
- Is municipal waste recycling rate rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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.