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Municipal waste recycling rate in Romania

Municipal waste recycling rate in Romania was 12.4% in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.1 pts from 2022. That is the 27th highest of 27 EU countries in 2023.

202312.4%
Change on 2022+0.1 pts
Rank27th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high14.82012
Series low02000

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Municipal waste recycling rate in Romania, 2000 to 2023

05101520002004200820122016202020232000: 0 %2001: 1.6 %2002: 2 %2003: 0.2 %2004: 1.1 %2005: 1.8 %2006: 0.5 %2007: 0.5 %2008: 0.9 %2009: 1.1 %2010: 12.8 %2011: 11.7 %2012: 14.8 %2013: 13.2 %2014: 13.1 %2015: 13.3 %2016: 13.4 %2017: 14 %2018: 11.1 %2019: 11.5 %2020: 12.2 %2021: 12.3 %2022: 12.3 %2023: 12.4 %
%. Source: Eurostat, Recycling rate of municipal waste (cei_wm011). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-03-30.
All 24 values
Period%
202312.4
202212.3
202112.3
202012.2
201911.5
201811.1
201714
201613.4
201513.3
201413.1
201313.2
201214.8
201111.7
201012.8 Series break
20091.1 Estimated
20080.9 Estimated
20070.5 Estimated
20060.5 Estimated
20051.8 Estimated
20041.1 Estimated
20030.2 Series break
20022 Estimated
20011.6 Estimated
20000 Estimated

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2023
Romania12.4
European Union (27)47.9

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, Romania, 2000 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/cei_wm011/default/table

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Recycling rate of municipal waste (cei_wm011), Municipal waste recycling rate, Romania, 2000 to 2023. 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/romania. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Recycling rate of municipal waste (cei_wm011). Municipal waste recycling rate, Romania, 2000 to 2023. 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/romania.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Recycling rate of municipal waste (cei_wm011), Municipal waste recycling rate, Romania, 2000 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/cei_wm011/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/municipal-waste-recycling-rate/romania (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Recycling rate of municipal waste (cei\_wm011): Municipal waste recycling rate, Romania, 2000 to 2023}},
  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/romania. 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 Romania?

Municipal waste recycling rate in Romania was 12.4% in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.1 pts from 2022. That is the 27th highest of 27 EU countries in 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 Romania?

14.8% in 2012, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

Municipal waste recycling rate elsewhere in European Union (27)

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