Proportion of municipal waste recycled in Ghana
Ghana: Proportion of municipal waste recycled was 5.0% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Proportion of municipal waste recycled in Ghana, 2000–2017
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 5.0% for proportion of municipal waste recycled in 2017. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of municipal waste recycled in Ghana peaked at 5.0% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2000.
Ghana ranks 54th of 73 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Proportion of municipal waste recycled in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.0% | — |
| 2001 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3.0% | +50.0% |
| 2003 | 3.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5.0% | +66.7% |
| 2012 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.8% | 2.0% | 3.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.8% | 3.0% | 5.0% | 8 |
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- Standard Deviation 0.26 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.34 °C (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of municipal waste recycled in Ghana?
- Proportion of municipal waste recycled in Ghana was 5.0% in 2017, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of municipal waste recycled recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 5.0% in 2011.
- What is the lowest proportion of municipal waste recycled recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2000.
- How does Ghana rank for proportion of municipal waste recycled?
- Ghana ranks 54th out of 73 countries with data for 2017.
- Is proportion of municipal waste recycled rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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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