Municipal waste per capita
Tier B· ReputableDescriptiveMunicipal waste generated per person per year. Descriptive — largely tracks consumption and wealth. OECD-only.
100 = most waste generated per capita, 0 = least — descriptive, not better or worse. ⚠️ OECD members only (~38 countries): read it as a within-OECD comparison, not a world ranking.
Mixed reference years (2012–2024). This metric uses each country's most recent available year, so countries are not all measured in the same year — cross-country comparison is weakened. Each row shows its own reference year.
How this score is built
Municipal waste generated per capita, in kg per person per year — OECD via the OECD SDMX API (CC BY 4.0). Descriptive: waste generation largely tracks consumption and income, so a higher figure is not straightforwardly "worse" (a rich, high-recycling country can out-generate a poor one) — it uses a neutral colour and is off the radar; read it alongside the recycling rate.
⚠️ OECD + partners only (~61 countries) — a within-group comparison, not a world ranking. Normalized with min–max; the raw kg is shown. Most recent year per country.
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100 = most waste generated per capita, 0 = least — descriptive, not better or worse. ⚠️ OECD members only (~38 countries): read it as a within-OECD comparison, not a world ranking.
The map is mostly grey because only 61 countries have data — this is expected, not a rendering error.
Ranking
61 countries with data. Rank 1 = best. Click a column to sort; click a country for its full provenance.
| Rank ↑ | Country | Score | Raw value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United StatesUSA | 100100 | 791.581 kg per capita |
| 2nd | AustriaAUT | 98.7699 | 782.209 kg per capita |
| 3rd | DenmarkDNK | 95.1395 | 754.734 kg per capita |
| 4th | NorwayNOR | 89.9790 | 715.8 kg per capita |
| 5th | BelgiumBEL | 88.7689 | 706.603 kg per capita |
| 6th | LuxembourgLUX | 85.9286 | 685.169 kg per capita |
| 7th | IsraelISR | 85.2485 | 679.978 kg per capita |
| 8th | SwitzerlandCHE | 84.8185 | 676.756 kg per capita |
| 9th | Costa RicaCRI | 83.2783 | 665.119 kg per capita |
| 10th | MaltaMLT | 81.9582 | 655.152 kg per capita |
| 11th | New ZealandNZL | 80.2380 | 642.124 kg per capita |
| 12th | GermanyDEU | 77.3877 | 620.571 kg per capita |
| 13th | IrelandIRL | 74.274 | 596.542 kg per capita |
| 14th | IcelandISL | 71.5772 | 576.693 kg per capita |
| 15th | MontenegroMNE | 70.8671 | 571.28 kg per capita |
| 16th | RussiaRUS | 69.1569 | 558.346 kg per capita |
| 17th | FranceFRA | 67.4767 | 545.657 kg per capita |
| 18th | CzechiaCZE | 67.2567 | 543.998 kg per capita |
| 19th | GreeceGRC | 66.9167 | 541.438 kg per capita |
| 20th | PortugalPRT | 65.7166 | 532.35 kg per capita |
| 21st | SloveniaSVN | 65.165 | 527.781 kg per capita |
| 22nd | AustraliaAUS | 62.763 | 509.638 kg per capita |
| 23rd | CyprusCYP | 60.4460 | 492.577 kg per capita |
| 24th | ItalyITA | 59.5760 | 485.996 kg per capita |
| 25th | CroatiaHRV | 59.4259 | 484.811 kg per capita |
| 26th | SlovakiaSVK | 58.9359 | 481.111 kg per capita |
| 27th | North MacedoniaMKD | 58.7159 | 479.475 kg per capita |
| 28th | NetherlandsNLD | 5757 | 466.516 kg per capita |
| 29th | LithuaniaLTU | 56.9857 | 466.361 kg per capita |
| 30th | SpainESP | 56.8357 | 465.279 kg per capita |
| 31st | BulgariaBGR | 56.7257 | 464.404 kg per capita |
| 32nd | LatviaLVA | 56.2756 | 461.012 kg per capita |
| 33rd | FinlandFIN | 55.8156 | 457.56 kg per capita |
| 34th | SerbiaSRB | 55.7456 | 457.01 kg per capita |
| 35th | ChileCHL | 53.554 | 440.098 kg per capita |
| 36th | BelarusBLR | 53.0853 | 436.896 kg per capita |
| 37th | United KingdomGBR | 52.8553 | 435.144 kg per capita |
| 38th | South KoreaKOR | 52.5953 | 433.17 kg per capita |
| 39th | ArgentinaARG | 51.5952 | 425.631 kg per capita |
| 40th | SwedenSWE | 51.5752 | 425.49 kg per capita |
| 41st | HungaryHUN | 49.3849 | 408.909 kg per capita |
| 42nd | TürkiyeTUR | 47.2647 | 392.928 kg per capita |
| 43rd | EstoniaEST | 45.2945 | 378.002 kg per capita |
| 44th | PolandPOL | 43.8844 | 367.376 kg per capita |
| 45th | Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH | 42.2142 | 354.755 kg per capita |
| 46th | ThailandTHA | 41.3541 | 348.263 kg per capita |
| 47th | JapanJPN | 36.7437 | 313.369 kg per capita |
| 48th | GeorgiaGEO | 36.4236 | 310.951 kg per capita |
| 49th | MexicoMEX | 35.8836 | 306.916 kg per capita |
| 50th | RomaniaROU | 35.5636 | 304.507 kg per capita |
| 51st | AzerbaijanAZE | 30.1530 | 263.612 kg per capita |
| 52nd | UkraineUKR | 28.9629 | 254.579 kg per capita |
| 53rd | MoldovaMDA | 28.9129 | 254.185 kg per capita |
| 54th | ColombiaCOL | 27.8928 | 246.459 kg per capita |
| 55th | ChinaCHN | 18.9119 | 178.603 kg per capita |
| 56th | BrazilBRA | 17.618 | 168.681 kg per capita |
| 57th | ArmeniaARM | 14.7615 | 147.211 kg per capita |
| 58th | Saudi ArabiaSAU | 5.976 | 80.7649 kg per capita |
| 59th | BangladeshBGD | 1.131 | 44.2198 kg per capita |
| 60th | IndiaIND | 1.11 | 43.9638 kg per capita |
| 61st | IndonesiaIDN | 00 | 35.6713 kg per capita |