Proportion of municipal waste recycled in Bahrain
Bahrain: Proportion of municipal waste recycled was 33.9% in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2021)
33.9%
Change on year
up 38.8%
World rank
14th
of 73 countries
All-time high
33.9%
in 2021
All-time low
0.0%
in 2017
Years of data
5
2017–2021
Proportion of municipal waste recycled in Bahrain, 2017–2021
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Bahrain recorded 33.9% for proportion of municipal waste recycled in 2021. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 38.8% on the previous year and up 3,857,490.0% over five years.
Bahrain ranks 14th of 73 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Proportion of municipal waste recycled in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0.0% | — |
| 2018 | 0.0% | +184.1% |
| 2019 | 16.9% | +674048.0% |
| 2020 | 24.5% | +45.1% |
| 2021 | 33.9% | +38.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5.6% | 0.0% | 16.9% | 3 |
| 2020s | 29.2% | 24.5% | 33.9% | 2 |
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More environment data for Bahrain
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -43.7 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.397 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.82 °C (2025)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 111 t (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate -81.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 233 1000 USD (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate -51.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 22.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0098 t per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of municipal waste recycled in Bahrain?
- Proportion of municipal waste recycled in Bahrain was 33.9% in 2021, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of municipal waste recycled recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 33.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest proportion of municipal waste recycled recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2017.
- How does Bahrain rank for proportion of municipal waste recycled?
- Bahrain ranks 14th out of 73 countries with data for 2021.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of municipal waste recycled (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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