Proportion of municipal waste recycled in Finland
Finland: Proportion of municipal waste recycled was 43.7% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Proportion of municipal waste recycled in Finland, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2022, proportion of municipal waste recycled in Finland stood at 43.7%. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 63.4% on the previous year and up 103.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of municipal waste recycled in Finland peaked at 43.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 18.0%, in 2014.
Finland ranks 9th of 73 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Proportion of municipal waste recycled in Finland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 32.1% | — |
| 2001 | 32.5% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 32.0% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 32.4% | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 32.6% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 33.1% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 33.6% | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 26.0% | -22.7% |
| 2008 | 25.2% | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 24.0% | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 19.6% | -18.1% |
| 2011 | 21.8% | +10.8% |
| 2012 | 21.5% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 19.0% | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 18.0% | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 28.1% | +56.0% |
| 2016 | 29.2% | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 27.4% | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 29.1% | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 29.3% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 29.0% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 26.7% | -7.8% |
| 2022 | 43.7% | +63.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.3% | 24.0% | 33.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.3% | 18.0% | 29.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.1% | 26.7% | 43.7% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More environment data for Finland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 4.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.986 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.94 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 6.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0474 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate -1.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of municipal waste recycled in Finland?
- Proportion of municipal waste recycled in Finland was 43.7% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of municipal waste recycled recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 43.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest proportion of municipal waste recycled recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.0% in 2014.
- How does Finland rank for proportion of municipal waste recycled?
- Finland ranks 9th out of 73 countries with data for 2022.
- Is proportion of municipal waste recycled rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 103.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Finland 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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