Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total was 484.26 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in 2022. ▼ Falling
Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total in Bulgaria, 2004–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars.
Analysis
The most recent figure for waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total in Bulgaria is 484.26 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.4% on the previous year and down 52.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total in Bulgaria peaked at 1,660 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in 2004 and was at its lowest, 484.26 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars, in 2022.
Bulgaria ranks 1st of 20 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1,660 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | — |
| 2006 | 1,176 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | -29.1% |
| 2008 | 1,069 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 1,088 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 1,019 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 1,131 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | +11.0% |
| 2016 | 711.88 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | -37.0% |
| 2018 | 727.31 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 648.98 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | -10.8% |
| 2022 | 484.26 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | -25.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,302 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 1,069 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 1,660 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 3 |
| 2010s | 935.3 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 711.88 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 1,131 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 5 |
| 2020s | 566.62 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 484.26 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 648.98 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total in Bulgaria?
- Waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total in Bulgaria was 484.26 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,660 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in 2004.
- What is the lowest waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 484.26 Kilogrammes per 1 000 US dollars in 2022.
- How does Bulgaria rank for waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total?
- Bulgaria ranks 1st out of 20 countries with data for 2022.
- Is waste - waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — total rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling — Total waste generated. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents data on waste by economic sector, using the major divisions of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 4. Data source(s): (i) OECD State of the Environment questionnaire on waste for non-EU countries; (ii) EU Waste Framework Directive for EU-countries (available in Eurostat database https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/environment/database); and (iii) 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: April 2025 Database documentation