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Municipal waste recycling rate in Poland

Municipal waste recycling rate in Poland was 31.1% in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 3.5 pts from 2023.

202431.1%
Change on 2023+3.5 pts
Series high40.92022
Series low2.12000

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Municipal waste recycling rate in Poland, 2000 to 2024

0102030405020002004200820122016202020242000: 2.1 %2001: 4.1 %2002: 3.1 %2003: 2.8 %2004: 4.9 %2005: 5.6 %2006: 6.9 %2007: 7.7 %2008: 10.5 %2009: 13.2 %2010: 16.3 %2011: 11.4 %2012: 12 %2013: 15.1 %2014: 26.5 %2015: 32.5 %2016: 34.8 %2017: 33.8 %2018: 34.3 %2019: 34.1 %2020: 38.7 %2021: 40.3 %2022: 40.9 %2023: 27.6 %2024: 31.1 %
%. Source: Eurostat, Recycling rate of municipal waste (cei_wm011). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-03-30.
All 25 values
Period%
202431.1
202327.6 Series break
202240.9
202140.3
202038.7
201934.1 Estimated
201834.3 Estimated
201733.8 Estimated
201634.8 Estimated
201532.5 Estimated
201426.5 Series break
201315.1 Series break
201212 Estimated
201111.4 Estimated
201016.3 Estimated
200913.2 Series break
200810.5 Estimated
20077.7 Estimated
20066.9 Estimated
20055.6 Series break
20044.9
20032.8
20023.1
20014.1
20002.1

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2024
Poland31.1
European Union (27)48.1

Rankings

Definition

Municipal waste recycled, including composting and anaerobic digestion, as a percentage of municipal waste generated.

Stricter EU calculation rules apply from reference year 2020 in some countries; Eurostat marks those changes as series breaks.

How to cite

Eurostat. Recycling rate of municipal waste (cei_wm011). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/cei_wm011/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Recycling rate of municipal waste (cei_wm011) (Municipal waste recycling rate, Poland, 2000 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/cei_wm011/default/table

MLA 9

Recycling rate of municipal waste (cei_wm011), Municipal waste recycling rate, Poland, 2000 to 2024. Eurostat, European Commission, 30 Mar. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/cei_wm011/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/municipal-waste-recycling-rate/poland. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Recycling rate of municipal waste (cei_wm011). Municipal waste recycling rate, Poland, 2000 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/cei_wm011/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/municipal-waste-recycling-rate/poland.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Recycling rate of municipal waste (cei_wm011), Municipal waste recycling rate, Poland, 2000 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/cei_wm011/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/municipal-waste-recycling-rate/poland (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{eurostat_municipal_waste_recycling_rate_2024,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Recycling rate of municipal waste (cei\_wm011): Municipal waste recycling rate, Poland, 2000 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/cei_wm011/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/municipal-waste-recycling-rate/poland. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Recycling rate of municipal waste (cei\_wm011). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/cei\_wm011/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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What is the municipal waste recycling rate in Poland?

Municipal waste recycling rate in Poland was 31.1% in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 3.5 pts from 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. Recycling rate of municipal waste (cei_wm011). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest municipal waste recycling rate in Poland?

40.9% in 2022, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

Municipal waste recycling rate elsewhere in European Union (27)

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