Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in Poland
Poland: Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste was 115.81 Index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in Poland, 1975–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Poland recorded 115.81 Index for waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in 2024. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.3% on the previous year and up 37.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Poland peaked at 115.81 Index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 53.39 Index, in 1975.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in Poland, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 53.39 Index | — |
| 1980 | 82.24 Index | +54.0% |
| 1985 | 90.68 Index | +10.3% |
| 1990 | 90.77 Index | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 87.01 Index | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 86.87 Index | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 87.07 Index | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 90.09 Index | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 89.85 Index | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 95.05 Index | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 99.65 Index | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 96.74 Index | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 100.74 Index | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 90.86 Index | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 85.96 Index | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 81.18 Index | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 79.82 Index | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 99.53 Index | +24.7% |
| 2006 | 100.07 Index | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 100.31 Index | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 99.74 Index | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 98.58 Index | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 98.41 Index | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 99.21 Index | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 98.84 Index | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 92.39 Index | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 84.49 Index | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 88.85 Index | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 95.32 Index | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 97.9 Index | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 102.12 Index | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 104.31 Index | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 107.29 Index | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 111.84 Index | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 109.77 Index | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 109.99 Index | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 115.81 Index | +5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 53.39 Index | 53.39 Index | 53.39 Index | 1 |
| 1980s | 86.46 Index | 82.24 Index | 90.68 Index | 2 |
| 1990s | 92.39 Index | 86.87 Index | 100.74 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 93.61 Index | 79.82 Index | 100.31 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 96.18 Index | 84.49 Index | 104.31 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 110.94 Index | 107.29 Index | 115.81 Index | 5 |
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More environment data for Poland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.02 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.9 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.96 Percentage change (2024)
- Land use hidden — Land area 306,270 Square kilometres (2023)
- Land use hidden — Cropland 115,460 Square kilometres (2023)
- Land use hidden — Other areas 65,480 Square kilometres (2023)
- Land use hidden — Total area 313,930 Square kilometres (2023)
- Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures 30,140 Square kilometres (2023)
- Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 20,540 Square kilometres (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Poland?
- Waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Poland was 115.81 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 Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 115.81 Index in 2024.
- What is the lowest waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.39 Index in 1975.
- How does Poland rank for waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste?
- Poland ranks 3rd out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland 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