Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in Türkiye
Türkiye: Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste was 112.26 Index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in Türkiye, 1975–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2024, waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Türkiye stood at 112.26 Index.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Türkiye peaked at 114.39 Index in 2021 and was at its lowest, 32.66 Index, in 1975.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 32.66 Index | — |
| 1980 | 39.19 Index | +20.0% |
| 1985 | 58.79 Index | +50.0% |
| 1989 | 63.69 Index | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 72.88 Index | +14.4% |
| 1994 | 76.58 Index | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 88.95 Index | +16.1% |
| 1996 | 95.86 Index | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 104.33 Index | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 107.69 Index | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 99.52 Index | -7.6% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 101.35 Index | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 101.25 Index | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 101.52 Index | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 97.12 Index | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 102.4 Index | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 98.25 Index | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 99.18 Index | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 92.94 Index | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 98.62 Index | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 97.11 Index | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 100.8 Index | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 100.55 Index | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 100.99 Index | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 102 Index | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 102.17 Index | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 110.28 Index | +7.9% |
| 2017 | 111.61 Index | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 112.79 Index | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 114.37 Index | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 112.95 Index | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 114.39 Index | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 105.9 Index | -7.4% |
| 2023 | 106.01 Index | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 112.26 Index | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 32.66 Index | 32.66 Index | 32.66 Index | 1 |
| 1980s | 53.89 Index | 39.19 Index | 63.69 Index | 3 |
| 1990s | 92.26 Index | 72.88 Index | 107.69 Index | 7 |
| 2000s | 99.26 Index | 92.94 Index | 102.4 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 105.27 Index | 97.11 Index | 114.37 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 110.3 Index | 105.9 Index | 114.39 Index | 5 |
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More environment data for Türkiye
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.91 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.66 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.93 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.628 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 69,137 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 5.59 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 188,053 million SLC (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 74,004 million USD (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 7,204 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Türkiye?
- Waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Türkiye was 112.26 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 Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 114.39 Index in 2021.
- What is the lowest waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.66 Index in 1975.
- How does Türkiye rank for waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste?
- Türkiye ranks 4th out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Türkiye 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