Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in OECD
OECD: Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste was 111.33 Index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in OECD, 1990–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
OECD recorded 111.33 Index for waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in OECD peaked at 114.49 Index in 2021 and was at its lowest, 84.08 Index, in 1990.
OECD ranks 24th of 35 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 91.02 Index | 84.08 Index | 97.63 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 102.12 Index | 99.78 Index | 104.6 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 105.43 Index | 102.33 Index | 111.78 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 111.71 Index | 110.22 Index | 114.49 Index | 5 |
Countries ranked near OECD
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.312 °C (2025)
- Permanent crops — Area 24,537 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 2.11 % (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 30.73 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 357,807 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 11.21 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in OECD?
- Waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in OECD was 111.33 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?
- The highest recorded value was 114.49 Index in 2021.
- What is the lowest waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste recorded in OECD?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.08 Index in 1990.
- How does OECD rank for waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste?
- OECD ranks 24th out of 35 countries with data for 2024.
- Is waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste rising or falling in OECD?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD 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