# EU countries by municipal waste generated per person, 2024

All 26 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable. 1 EU countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `municipal_waste_per_capita`
- Unit: kg per person
- Definition: Municipal waste generated in the year, in kilograms per inhabitant: household waste and similar waste from shops, offices and public institutions, collected by or for municipalities.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Municipal waste by waste management operations, waste generated, kilograms per capita (env_wasmun) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/env_wasmun/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-15
- Citation: Eurostat. Municipal waste by waste management operations, waste generated, kilograms per capita (env_wasmun). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/env_wasmun/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-15.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/municipal-waste-per-capita/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | kg per person |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Austria | 775 |
| 2 | Denmark | 758 |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 730 |
| 4 | Belgium | 699 |
| 5 | Cyprus | 686 |
| 6 | Malta | 622 |
| 7 | Germany | 616 |
| 8 | Czechia | 584 |
| 9 | Ireland | 576 |
| 10 | Greece | 533 |
| 11 | Slovenia | 526 |
| 12 | France | 501 |
| 13 | Italy | 500 |
| 14 | Bulgaria | 496 |
| 15 | Portugal | 492 |
| 16 | Slovakia | 489 |
| 17 | Croatia | 486 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 473 |
| 19 | Latvia | 462 |
| 19 | Lithuania | 462 |
| 21 | Finland | 457 |
| 22 | Spain | 456 |
| 23 | Sweden | 427 |
| 24 | Hungary | 414 |
| 25 | Poland | 387 |
| 26 | Estonia | 375 |