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Treatment of hazardous waste by country

Hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment (Tonnes).

Countries reporting
68
Highest
82.27 million tonnes
Russia
Lowest
0 tonnes
Martinique
Median
79,352 tonnes
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
810

What the numbers show

Treatment of hazardous waste is currently reported for 68 countries. The highest value is 82.27 million tonnes in Russia; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Martinique.

The median across all reporting countries is 79,352 tonnes, and the mean is 1.94 million tonnes.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania (up 71,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Martinique (down 100.0%).

Treatment of hazardous waste: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 82.27 million tonnes 2023 down 19.4% falling
2 Germany 9.49 million tonnes 2022 down 2.0% flat
3 South Korea 4.01 million tonnes 2022 up 62.0% volatile
4 Netherlands 3.05 million tonnes 2022 up 17.9% rising
5 Kazakhstan 2.80 million tonnes 2023 down 96.6% volatile
6 Malaysia 2.71 million tonnes 2023 up 327.1% volatile
7 Australia 2.60 million tonnes 2023 up 4.6% volatile
8 Italy 2.52 million tonnes 2022 up 54.2% rising
9 France 2.42 million tonnes 2022 down 30.5% falling
10 India 2.35 million tonnes 2023 down 27.7% falling
11 Sweden 2.17 million tonnes 2022 up 377.4% volatile
12 Turkey 1.73 million tonnes 2022 up 210.5% volatile
13 Belarus 1.72 million tonnes 2023 up 57.1% rising
14 Spain 1.66 million tonnes 2022 up 3.1% flat
15 United States 1.46 million tonnes 2019 down 19.1% volatile
16 Poland 1.15 million tonnes 2022 down 1.0% rising
17 Denmark 930,609 tonnes 2022 up 83.9% volatile
18 United Kingdom 876,809 tonnes 2018 up 244.1% rising
19 Finland 845,558 tonnes 2022 up 196.4% volatile
20 Greece 597,262 tonnes 2022 up 603.2% volatile
21 South Africa 428,668 tonnes 2023 up 569.3% volatile
22 Estonia 417,460 tonnes 2022 down 73.4% volatile
23 Belgium 414,120 tonnes 2022 down 37.6% volatile
24 United Arab Emirates 342,149 tonnes 2023 up 3,153.9% volatile
25 Norway 292,248 tonnes 2022 up 40.3% falling
26 Romania 286,578 tonnes 2022 up 41.4% rising
27 Czechia 236,463 tonnes 2022 down 33.7% falling
28 Portugal 235,254 tonnes 2022 up 23.7% rising
29 Hungary 202,118 tonnes 2022 up 62.4% rising
30 Mexico 191,500 tonnes 2023 down 7.3% volatile
31 Austria 156,150 tonnes 2022 up 80.7% falling
32 Bulgaria 150,155 tonnes 2022 up 144.8% volatile
33 Ukraine 88,221 tonnes 2023 down 79.9% volatile
34 Israel 83,800 tonnes 2023 up 2.2% volatile
35 Croatia 74,905 tonnes 2022 up 37.0% rising
36 Slovakia 67,443 tonnes 2022 up 67.8% rising
37 Lithuania 60,401 tonnes 2022 up 32.6% rising
38 Qatar 53,166 tonnes 2023 up 494.0% volatile
39 Jordan 47,900 tonnes 2021 down 85.2% volatile
40 Azerbaijan 44,600 tonnes 2023 up 7,112.1% volatile
41 Cyprus 39,946 tonnes 2022 up 422.0% volatile
42 Serbia 35,596 tonnes 2022 down 15.5% falling
43 Colombia 30,885 tonnes 2023 up 105.0% volatile
44 Iceland 29,124 tonnes 2022 up 170.9% rising
45 Bahrain 25,123 tonnes 2019 — volatile
46 Montenegro 23,219 tonnes 2022 up 667.6% volatile
47 Slovenia 22,566 tonnes 2022 down 53.0% falling
48 Armenia 18,724 tonnes 2022 up 134.5% volatile
49 Kyrgyzstan 18,566 tonnes 2017 down 99.8% volatile
50 Guadeloupe 18,490 tonnes 2023 up 26.2% rising
51 Hong Kong 17,352 tonnes 2023 up 35.9% volatile
52 Reunion 12,528 tonnes 2023 up 557.6% volatile
53 Guatemala 12,364 tonnes 2017 up 243.4% volatile
54 Bangladesh 11,956 tonnes 2021 — volatile
55 Latvia 6,837 tonnes 2022 down 80.8% volatile
56 North Macedonia 5,746 tonnes 2022 up 17.3% volatile
57 Cuba 5,051 tonnes 2021 down 9.5% volatile
58 Moldova 4,946 tonnes 2021 up 465.8% volatile
59 Saint Lucia 4,593 tonnes 2019 — volatile
60 Luxembourg 4,468 tonnes 2022 up 172.4% volatile
61 Mauritius 3,447 tonnes 2021 up 235.3% volatile
62 Ireland 3,264 tonnes 2022 down 85.4% volatile
63 Palestine 2,692 tonnes 2021 — volatile
64 French Guiana 1,373 tonnes 2023 up 62.1% volatile
65 Tanzania 720 tonnes 2023 up 71,900.0% volatile
66 Bermuda 642 tonnes 2019 up 75.9% rising
67 Cameroon 434.4 tonnes 2009 up 110.6% rising
68 Martinique 0 tonnes 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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About this data

Indicator
Treatment of hazardous waste
Unit
tonnes
Source
United Nations Statistics Division and United Nations Environment Programme – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
72 places, 810 data points, 2000–2023
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Hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment (Tonnes).