Waste - Electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste or WEEE) — Products put on the market by country
The dataset provides data on the generation, recycling and reuse of e-waste in OECD countries, one of the fastest growing and most complex waste streams in the world, affecting both human health and the environment and proliferating a loss of valuable raw materials. Data source(s): (i) OECD-UNITAR questionnaire for...
What the numbers show
Waste - Electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste or WEEE) — Products put on the market is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 23.84 Kilogrammes per person in Germany; the lowest is 0.9263 Kilogrammes per person in Peru.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.22 Kilogrammes per person, and the mean is 13.3 Kilogrammes per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 26.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 234.6%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 12.3%).
Waste - Electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste or WEEE): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 23.84 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | — | rising |
| 2 | Austria | 22.11 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | — | rising |
| 3 | Spain | 21.67 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | — | rising |
| 4 | Italy | 18.86 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | — | rising |
| 5 | France | 18.59 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | — | rising |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 17.86 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | up 234.6% | rising |
| 7 | Belgium | 17.56 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | — | rising |
| 8 | Denmark | 17.36 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | — | rising |
| 9 | Australia | 16.91 Kilogrammes per person | 2021 | up 76.4% | rising |
| 10 | Czechia | 15.89 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | — | rising |
| 11 | Ireland | 15.57 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | — | rising |
| 12 | Finland | 15.38 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | — | rising |
| 13 | Norway | 15.06 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | — | rising |
| 14 | Hungary | 14.95 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 15 | Greece | 14.53 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | — | rising |
| 16 | Portugal | 13.48 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | up 105.9% | rising |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 8.36 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | — | flat |
| 18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.99 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | — | rising |
| 19 | Malta | 6.75 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | — | falling |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 5.26 Kilogrammes per person | 2024 | up 100.7% | rising |
| 21 | Switzerland | 4.83 Kilogrammes per person | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 22 | Cyprus | 3.86 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | — | rising |
| 23 | Mexico | 1.56 Kilogrammes per person | 2021 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 24 | Peru | 0.9263 Kilogrammes per person | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Netherlands 30.49 Kilogrammes per person
- Croatia 12.51 Kilogrammes per person
- Estonia 19.04 Kilogrammes per person
- Slovak Republic 7.59 Kilogrammes per person
- European Union (27 countries from 01/02/2020) 18.74 Kilogrammes per person
- Slovenia 17 Kilogrammes per person
- Lithuania 16.59 Kilogrammes per person
- Poland 14.01 Kilogrammes per person
- Latvia 6.8 Kilogrammes per person
About this data
The dataset provides data on the generation, recycling and reuse of e-waste in OECD countries, one of the fastest growing and most complex waste streams in the world, affecting both human health and the environment and proliferating a loss of valuable raw materials. Data source(s): (i) OECD-UNITAR questionnaire for non-European countries (ii) Eurostat database for European countries Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: April 7, 2026 Database documentation