Proportion of municipal waste recycled in Iceland
Iceland: Proportion of municipal waste recycled was 23.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Proportion of municipal waste recycled in Iceland, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 23.3% for proportion of municipal waste recycled in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.1% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of municipal waste recycled in Iceland peaked at 25.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 12.6%, in 2000.
Iceland ranks 32nd of 73 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Proportion of municipal waste recycled in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12.6% | — |
| 2001 | 13.6% | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 14.1% | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 14.2% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 17.3% | +22.0% |
| 2009 | 15.9% | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 15.6% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 20.2% | +30.0% |
| 2012 | 23.6% | +16.7% |
| 2013 | 25.3% | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 21.1% | -16.4% |
| 2015 | 20.7% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 25.5% | +23.2% |
| 2017 | 19.0% | -25.6% |
| 2018 | 20.6% | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 18.9% | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 17.6% | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 22.0% | +25.2% |
| 2022 | 23.3% | +6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.6% | 12.6% | 17.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 21.0% | 15.6% | 25.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.0% | 17.6% | 23.3% | 3 |
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More environment data for Iceland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.587 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.47 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.0341 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate -7.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0093 t per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, annual growth rate -12.91 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of municipal waste recycled in Iceland?
- Proportion of municipal waste recycled in Iceland was 23.3% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of municipal waste recycled recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 25.5% in 2016.
- What is the lowest proportion of municipal waste recycled recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.6% in 2000.
- How does Iceland rank for proportion of municipal waste recycled?
- Iceland ranks 32nd out of 73 countries with data for 2022.
- Is proportion of municipal waste recycled rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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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