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Circular material use rate in European Union (27)

Circular material use rate in the European Union (27) was 12.2% in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.1 pts from 2023.

202412.2%
Change on 2023+0.1 pts
Series high12.22024
Series low8.22004

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Circular material use rate in European Union (27), 2004 to 2024

891011121320042007201020132016201920242004: 8.2 %2005: 8.7 %2006: 9 %2007: 8.8 %2008: 9.1 %2009: 10.4 %2010: 10.7 %2011: 10.2 %2012: 11 %2013: 11.2 %2014: 11.1 %2015: 11.2 %2016: 11.4 %2017: 11.5 %2018: 11.6 %2019: 11.1 %2020: 11.2 %2021: 11.1 %2022: 11.4 %2023: 12.1 %2024: 12.2 %891011121320042011201820242004: 8.2 %2005: 8.7 %2006: 9 %2007: 8.8 %2008: 9.1 %2009: 10.4 %2010: 10.7 %2011: 10.2 %2012: 11 %2013: 11.2 %2014: 11.1 %2015: 11.2 %2016: 11.4 %2017: 11.5 %2018: 11.6 %2019: 11.1 %2020: 11.2 %2021: 11.1 %2022: 11.4 %2023: 12.1 %2024: 12.2 %
%. Source: Eurostat, Circular material use rate (env_ac_cur). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2025-11-24.
All 21 values
Period%
202412.2
202312.1
202211.4
202111.1
202011.2
201911.1
201811.6
201711.5
201611.4
201511.2
201411.1
201311.2
201211
201110.2
201010.7
200910.4
20089.1
20078.8
20069
20058.7
20048.2

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Definition

Material recovered from waste and fed back into the economy, as a percentage of all material used. All material used is domestic material consumption plus the recovered material.

Recovered material is estimated from waste sent to domestic recovery plants, minus imported and plus exported waste for recovery. The EU aims to double the rate between 2020 and 2030. The latest year is often an estimate.

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Eurostat. Circular material use rate (env_ac_cur). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/env_ac_cur/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2025). Circular material use rate (env_ac_cur) (Circular material use rate, European Union (27), 2004 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/env_ac_cur/default/table

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Circular material use rate (env_ac_cur), Circular material use rate, European Union (27), 2004 to 2024. Eurostat, European Commission, 24 Nov. 2025, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/env_ac_cur/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/circular-material-use-rate/european-union. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2025. Circular material use rate (env_ac_cur). Circular material use rate, European Union (27), 2004 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/env_ac_cur/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/circular-material-use-rate/european-union.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2025) Circular material use rate (env_ac_cur), Circular material use rate, European Union (27), 2004 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/env_ac_cur/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/circular-material-use-rate/european-union (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Circular material use rate (env\_ac\_cur): Circular material use rate, European Union (27), 2004 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/env_ac_cur/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/circular-material-use-rate/european-union. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Circular material use rate (env\_ac\_cur). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/env\_ac\_cur/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.},
}
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What is the circular material use rate in European Union (27)?

Circular material use rate in the European Union (27) was 12.2% in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.1 pts from 2023.

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Eurostat, European Commission. Circular material use rate (env_ac_cur). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest circular material use rate in European Union (27)?

12.2% in 2024, the highest value since 2004 in this series.

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