Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in Netherlands
Netherlands: Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste was 89.24 Index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in Netherlands, 1981–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2024, waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Netherlands stood at 89.24 Index.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Netherlands peaked at 104.12 Index in 2007 and was at its lowest, 72.41 Index, in 1988.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 73.98 Index | — |
| 1985 | 72.76 Index | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 72.41 Index | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 76.84 Index | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 77.97 Index | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 78.39 Index | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 87.91 Index | +12.1% |
| 1994 | 89.21 Index | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 87.49 Index | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 89.88 Index | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 94.3 Index | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 95.17 Index | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 96.6 Index | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 100.22 Index | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 101.63 Index | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 99.74 Index | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 102.28 Index | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 102.52 Index | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 102.44 Index | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 104.12 Index | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 103.56 Index | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 102.19 Index | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 99.53 Index | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 99.48 Index | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 96.58 Index | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 92.77 Index | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 93.34 Index | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 93.04 Index | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 92.99 Index | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 92.27 Index | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 92.41 Index | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 92.41 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 97.6 Index | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 94.48 Index | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 87.78 Index | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 87.27 Index | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 89.24 Index | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 74 Index | 72.41 Index | 76.84 Index | 4 |
| 1990s | 88.55 Index | 77.97 Index | 96.6 Index | 9 |
| 2000s | 101.87 Index | 99.74 Index | 104.12 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.48 Index | 92.27 Index | 99.53 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.28 Index | 87.27 Index | 97.6 Index | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Netherlands?
- Waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Netherlands was 89.24 Index in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 104.12 Index in 2007.
- What is the lowest waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.41 Index in 1988.
- How does Netherlands rank for waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste?
- Netherlands ranks 10th out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste generated. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents trends in amounts of municipal waste generated (including household waste), and the treatment and disposal method used. The amount of waste generated in each country is related to the rate of urbanisation, the types and pattern of consumption, household revenue and lifestyles. Data source(s): OECD Annual Quality Assurance (AQA) questionnaire (jointly collected with Eurostat) for OECD countries. UNSD, Country Files from the UNSD/UNEP data collection on environment statistics (available at: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/envstats/country_files) for non-OECD countries. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: March, 2026 Database documentation