Recycling rate
Tier B· ReputableShare of municipal waste that is recycled. OECD-only.
100 = highest recycling rate in the dataset, 0 = lowest ⚠️ 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
Share of municipal waste that is recycled (of total waste treated) — OECD via the OECD SDMX API (CC BY 4.0). Direction is higher_better; normalized with min–max. The raw percentage is shown.
⚠️ OECD + partners only (~54 countries) — a within-group comparison, not a world ranking. Most recent year per country.
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100 = highest recycling rate in the dataset, 0 = lowest ⚠️ OECD members only (~38 countries): read it as a within-OECD comparison, not a world ranking.
The map is mostly grey because only 54 countries have data — this is expected, not a rendering error.
Ranking
54 countries with data. Rank 1 = best. Click a column to sort; click a country for its full provenance.
| Rank ↑ | Country | Score | Raw value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SloveniaSVN | 100100 | 52.4319 % of municipal waste |
| 2nd | South KoreaKOR | 85.1485 | 44.6402 % of municipal waste |
| 3rd | GermanyDEU | 84.885 | 44.4638 % of municipal waste |
| 4th | AustriaAUT | 77.7678 | 40.7697 % of municipal waste |
| 5th | NorwayNOR | 68.2668 | 35.7882 % of municipal waste |
| 6th | BelarusBLR | 67.7368 | 35.512 % of municipal waste |
| 7th | ItalyITA | 65.9366 | 34.5685 % of municipal waste |
| 8th | CroatiaHRV | 63.463 | 33.2418 % of municipal waste |
| 9th | BelgiumBEL | 63.1863 | 33.1267 % of municipal waste |
| 10th | SlovakiaSVK | 62.663 | 32.824 % of municipal waste |
| 11th | LuxembourgLUX | 61.562 | 32.2473 % of municipal waste |
| 12th | LatviaLVA | 57.1857 | 29.9786 % of municipal waste |
| 13th | FinlandFIN | 56.7457 | 29.7523 % of municipal waste |
| 14th | IcelandISL | 55.6656 | 29.1852 % of municipal waste |
| 15th | SwitzerlandCHE | 54.3954 | 28.5194 % of municipal waste |
| 16th | CzechiaCZE | 54.3454 | 28.4927 % of municipal waste |
| 17th | LithuaniaLTU | 54.2854 | 28.4605 % of municipal waste |
| 18th | NetherlandsNLD | 52.3952 | 27.4694 % of municipal waste |
| 19th | EstoniaEST | 51.0451 | 26.7588 % of municipal waste |
| 20th | SwedenSWE | 50.5551 | 26.503 % of municipal waste |
| 21st | IrelandIRL | 50.0750 | 26.2542 % of municipal waste |
| 22nd | United KingdomGBR | 48.5749 | 25.4672 % of municipal waste |
| 23rd | United StatesUSA | 45.0745 | 23.6317 % of municipal waste |
| 24th | FranceFRA | 42.543 | 22.2842 % of municipal waste |
| 25th | PolandPOL | 42.0742 | 22.0575 % of municipal waste |
| 26th | DenmarkDNK | 41.842 | 21.9155 % of municipal waste |
| 27th | SpainESP | 41.0141 | 21.5022 % of municipal waste |
| 28th | BulgariaBGR | 39.439 | 20.6562 % of municipal waste |
| 29th | ThailandTHA | 39.139 | 20.5023 % of municipal waste |
| 30th | CanadaCAN | 37.4337 | 19.6257 % of municipal waste |
| 31st | HungaryHUN | 37.2437 | 19.5245 % of municipal waste |
| 32nd | JapanJPN | 36.3836 | 19.0742 % of municipal waste |
| 33rd | MaltaMLT | 34.5735 | 18.1262 % of municipal waste |
| 34th | South AfricaZAF | 33.4933 | 17.5582 % of municipal waste |
| 35th | AustraliaAUS | 33.4233 | 17.5202 % of municipal waste |
| 36th | GreeceGRC | 30.4630 | 15.9686 % of municipal waste |
| 37th | SerbiaSRB | 29.5130 | 15.4718 % of municipal waste |
| 38th | CyprusCYP | 26.527 | 13.8921 % of municipal waste |
| 39th | TürkiyeTUR | 24.4624 | 12.827 % of municipal waste |
| 40th | Costa RicaCRI | 22.0722 | 11.5739 % of municipal waste |
| 41st | PortugalPRT | 21.8522 | 11.4543 % of municipal waste |
| 42nd | RomaniaROU | 16.0216 | 8.39761 % of municipal waste |
| 43rd | IsraelISR | 14.6315 | 7.67332 % of municipal waste |
| 44th | ArgentinaARG | 11.4411 | 6 % of municipal waste |
| 45th | MexicoMEX | 9.5110 | 4.98777 % of municipal waste |
| 46th | MoldovaMDA | 8.799 | 4.6086 % of municipal waste |
| 47th | MontenegroMNE | 6.346 | 3.32507 % of municipal waste |
| 48th | BrazilBRA | 3.233 | 1.69473 % of municipal waste |
| 49th | Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH | 2.422 | 1.26864 % of municipal waste |
| 50th | ChileCHL | 1.532 | 0.802058 % of municipal waste |
| 51st | BangladeshBGD | 1.091 | 0.573513 % of municipal waste |
| 52nd | UkraineUKR | 0.460 | 0.243587 % of municipal waste |
| 53rd | AzerbaijanAZE | 00 | 0 % of municipal waste |
| 53rd | North MacedoniaMKD | 00 | 0 % of municipal waste |