EU countries by municipal waste generated per person

Denmark had the highest municipal waste generated per person of 26 EU countries in 2013, at 813 kg per person. Romania had the lowest, at 254 kg per person. The median was 447 kg per person and the figure for the European Union (27) was 479 kg per person. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest813Denmark

Lowest254Romania

Median44726 EU countries

European Union (27)479History

Map of EU countries, 2013

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kg per person, 2013. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Eurostat, Municipal waste by waste management operations, waste generated, kilograms per capita (env_wasmun). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2013

kg per person. Source: Eurostat, Municipal waste by waste management operations, waste generated, kilograms per capita (env_wasmun). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2013 kg per person	Change on 2012
1	Denmark	813	+0.9%
2	Cyprus	635	-6.8%
3	Luxembourg	616	-5.5%
4	Germany	615	-0.6%
5	Malta	604	-1.3%
6	Austria	578	-0.2%
7	Netherlands	526	-4.2%
8	France	520	-1.3%
9	Finland	493	-2.6%
10	Italy	490	-1.6%
11	Greece	483	-2.4%
12	Spain	455	-2.8%
12	Sweden	455	+0.2%
14	Portugal	439	-3.1%
15	Bulgaria	438	-4.8%
16	Belgium	436	-2%
17	Lithuania	432	-2.9%
18	Slovenia Series break	414	+14.4%
19	Croatia	407	+4.1%
20	Hungary	379	-5.7%
21	Latvia	350	+8.4%
22	Czechia	307	-0.3%
23	Slovakia	304	-0.7%
24	Poland Series break	297	-6.3%
25	Estonia	293	+4.6%
26	Romania	254	+1.2%

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About this ranking

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.

Countries differ in how much commercial waste they count as municipal, which explains part of the gap between them.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. 1 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2013 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Municipal waste by waste management operations, waste generated, kilograms per capita (env_wasmun) (EU countries by municipal waste generated per person, 2013) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/env_wasmun/default/table

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Municipal waste by waste management operations, waste generated, kilograms per capita (env_wasmun), EU countries by municipal waste generated per person, 2013. Eurostat, European Commission, 30 Mar. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/env_wasmun/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/municipal-waste-per-capita/eu-countries?period=2013. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Municipal waste by waste management operations, waste generated, kilograms per capita (env_wasmun). EU countries by municipal waste generated per person, 2013. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/env_wasmun/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/municipal-waste-per-capita/eu-countries?period=2013.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Municipal waste by waste management operations, waste generated, kilograms per capita (env_wasmun), EU countries by municipal waste generated per person, 2013 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/env_wasmun/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/municipal-waste-per-capita/eu-countries?period=2013 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which EU country has the highest municipal waste generated per person?

Denmark, with 813 kg per person in 2013, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest municipal waste generated per person?

Romania, with 254 kg per person in 2013.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Municipal waste by waste management operations, waste generated, kilograms per capita (env_wasmun). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 EU countries have no value for 2013 and are not ranked.