Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in Portugal
Portugal: Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste was 117.97 Index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in Portugal, 1980–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 117.97 Index for waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Portugal peaked at 117.97 Index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 42.09 Index, in 1980.
Portugal ranks 22nd 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.
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in Portugal, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 42.09 Index | — |
| 1990 | 63.77 Index | +51.5% |
| 1992 | 69.51 Index | +9.0% |
| 1993 | 75.73 Index | +9.0% |
| 1994 | 80.77 Index | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 75.01 Index | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 79.51 Index | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 85.3 Index | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 89.23 Index | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 94.1 Index | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 100.1 Index | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 97.67 Index | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 99.75 Index | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 99.16 Index | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 100.86 Index | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 104.11 Index | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 105.58 Index | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 116.31 Index | +10.2% |
| 2009 | 116.83 Index | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 116 Index | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 110.06 Index | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 101.3 Index | -8.0% |
| 2013 | 97.73 Index | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 100.12 Index | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 101.37 Index | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 103.95 Index | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 106.42 Index | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 110.81 Index | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 112.26 Index | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 112.2 Index | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 112.88 Index | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 113.15 Index | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 113.47 Index | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 117.97 Index | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 42.09 Index | 42.09 Index | 42.09 Index | 1 |
| 1990s | 79.21 Index | 63.77 Index | 94.1 Index | 9 |
| 2000s | 104.04 Index | 97.67 Index | 116.83 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 106 Index | 97.73 Index | 116 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 113.93 Index | 112.2 Index | 117.97 Index | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More environment data for Portugal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.6043 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.5127 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.44 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.15 °C (2025)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 9.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0178 t per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, annual growth rate 3.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Portugal?
- Waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Portugal was 117.97 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 117.97 Index in 2024.
- What is the lowest waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.09 Index in 1980.
- How does Portugal rank for waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste?
- Portugal ranks 22nd out of 35 countries with data for 2024.
- Is waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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