Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in OECD Europe
OECD Europe: Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste was 106.31 Index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in OECD Europe, 1990–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in OECD Europe is 106.31 Index, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in OECD Europe peaked at 109.4 Index in 2021 and was at its lowest, 81.96 Index, in 1990.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in OECD Europe, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 81.96 Index | — |
| 1991 | 83.31 Index | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 84.48 Index | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 86.05 Index | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 86.83 Index | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 88.67 Index | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 92.02 Index | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 95.69 Index | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 96.51 Index | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 97.91 Index | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 99.9 Index | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 100.92 Index | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 99.5 Index | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 99.22 Index | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 100.52 Index | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 101.59 Index | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 102.66 Index | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 101.62 Index | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 101.01 Index | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 100.48 Index | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 100.32 Index | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 98.53 Index | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 97.65 Index | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 98.03 Index | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 98.82 Index | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 102.61 Index | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 103.35 Index | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 103.72 Index | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 104.61 Index | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 107.18 Index | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 109.4 Index | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 104.55 Index | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 104.46 Index | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 106.31 Index | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 89.34 Index | 81.96 Index | 97.91 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 100.69 Index | 99.22 Index | 102.66 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 100.81 Index | 97.65 Index | 104.61 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 106.38 Index | 104.46 Index | 109.4 Index | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in OECD Europe?
- Waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in OECD Europe was 106.31 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 OECD Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 109.4 Index in 2021.
- What is the lowest waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste recorded in OECD Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.96 Index in 1990.
- How does OECD Europe rank for waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste?
- OECD Europe ranks 6th out of 11 regions with data for 2024.
- Is waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste rising or falling in OECD Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD Europe 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