Total waste generation, by activity (Tonnes) by country

Countries reporting
72
Highest
9.28 billion tonnes
Russian Federation
Lowest
24,400 tonnes
Grenada
Median
14.70 million tonnes
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
998

What the numbers show

Total waste generation, by activity (Tonnes) is currently reported for 72 countries. The highest value is 9.28 billion tonnes in Russian Federation; the lowest is 24,400 tonnes in Grenada.

The median across all reporting countries is 14.70 million tonnes, and the mean is 201.65 million tonnes.

Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Bosnia and Herzegovina (up 1,685.6%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 77.5%).

Total waste generation, by activity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 9.28 billion tonnes 2023 up 80.1% rising
2 Kazakhstan 1.03 billion tonnes 2023 up 168.7% volatile
3 Germany 385.80 million tonnes 2022 up 4.8% rising
4 France 343.21 million tonnes 2022 down 0.4% flat
5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 282.39 million tonnes 2018 up 0.1% falling
6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 265.56 million tonnes 2023 up 7.2% rising
7 Curaçao 257.24 million tonnes 2015 up 33.7% rising
8 Italy 189.55 million tonnes 2022 up 22.7% rising
9 Serbia 176.88 million tonnes 2022 up 221.6% volatile
10 Ukraine 176.18 million tonnes 2023 down 60.7% rising
11 Poland 174.95 million tonnes 2022 up 7.7% rising
12 Sweden 163.88 million tonnes 2022 up 4.8% rising
13 Romania 160.21 million tonnes 2022 down 35.8% falling
14 Uzbekistan 149.62 million tonnes 2023 up 39.8% rising
15 United Arab Emirates 141.57 million tonnes 2023 up 419.8% volatile
16 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 122.50 million tonnes 2022 up 1.1% rising
17 Guatemala 112.94 million tonnes 2010 up 38.0% rising
18 Finland 110.83 million tonnes 2022 up 20.7% rising
19 Spain 110.10 million tonnes 2022 down 7.1% falling
20 Türkiye 109.14 million tonnes 2022 up 62.0% rising
21 Bulgaria 97.00 million tonnes 2022 down 39.8% falling
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 79.58 million tonnes 2022 up 1,685.6% volatile
23 Austria 73.05 million tonnes 2022 up 52.0% rising
24 Belgium 61.62 million tonnes 2022 up 14.4% rising
25 Armenia 58.79 million tonnes 2023 up 18.0% volatile
26 Belarus 50.40 million tonnes 2023 up 25.1% rising
27 Czechia 39.19 million tonnes 2022 up 69.1% rising
28 Greece 29.52 million tonnes 2022 down 59.2% falling
29 Hungary 27.37 million tonnes 2022 up 67.8% flat
30 Denmark 23.83 million tonnes 2022 up 42.6% rising
31 Estonia 22.38 million tonnes 2022 up 1.8% rising
32 Colombia 21.93 million tonnes 2016 rising
33 Portugal 19.71 million tonnes 2022 up 47.5% falling
34 Kuwait 18.98 million tonnes 2023 up 59.5% rising
35 Iraq 18.81 million tonnes 2023 up 47.2% rising
36 Ireland 15.35 million tonnes 2022 up 20.7% falling
37 Norway 14.04 million tonnes 2022 up 31.0% rising
38 Slovakia 13.35 million tonnes 2022 up 58.5% rising
39 Kyrgyzstan 12.65 million tonnes 2017 up 24.6% rising
40 Slovenia 11.40 million tonnes 2022 up 150.8% rising
41 Luxembourg 9.91 million tonnes 2022 up 18.0% rising
42 Croatia 7.09 million tonnes 2022 up 96.3% rising
43 Singapore 6.94 million tonnes 2021 up 0.7% rising
44 Lithuania 5.67 million tonnes 2022 down 0.1% flat
45 Ghana 4.11 million tonnes 2017 down 69.3% rising
46 Azerbaijan 4.09 million tonnes 2023 up 58.7% rising
47 Cyprus 3.01 million tonnes 2022 up 60.3% rising
48 United Republic of Tanzania 2.92 million tonnes 2023 up 330.7% volatile
49 Malta 2.66 million tonnes 2022 up 74.2% rising
50 Latvia 2.50 million tonnes 2022 up 8.3% rising
51 Senegal 2.10 million tonnes 2007 up 19.9% rising
52 State of Palestine 2.00 million tonnes 2021 up 101.8% rising
53 North Macedonia 1.90 million tonnes 2022 down 77.5% volatile
54 Honduras 1.68 million tonnes 2013 up 28.4% rising
55 Iceland 1.58 million tonnes 2022 up 198.7% rising
56 Comoros 1.38 million tonnes 2023 down 13.3% rising
57 Montenegro 1.27 million tonnes 2022 up 24.8% rising
58 Panama 791,875 tonnes 2019 up 113.9% rising
59 Mauritius 541,135 tonnes 2023 up 20.5% rising
60 Liechtenstein 437,890 tonnes 2022 down 6.1% rising
61 Republic of Moldova 415,800 tonnes 2021 down 77.5% falling
62 Suriname 316,760 tonnes 2023 up 48.5% rising
63 Monaco 217,750 tonnes 2023 up 369.5% volatile
64 Brunei Darussalam 196,170 tonnes 2023 up 8.9% rising
65 Fiji 190,387 tonnes 2023 up 17.5% rising
66 Andorra 121,310 tonnes 2023 up 66.3% rising
67 Antigua and Barbuda 108,860 tonnes 2021 down 10.2% rising
68 Bermuda 86,400 tonnes 2019 up 2.1% rising
69 Saint Lucia 79,000 tonnes 2019 down 6.0% falling
70 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 29,660 tonnes 2014 flat
71 Burundi 24,420 tonnes 2019 up 77.0% volatile
72 Grenada 24,400 tonnes 2021 down 5.1% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Total waste generation, by activity (Tonnes)
Unit
tonnes
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
74 places, 998 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed