EU countries by municipal waste generated per person

Denmark had the highest municipal waste generated per person of 26 EU countries in 2015, at 822 kg per person. Romania had the lowest, at 247 kg per person. The median was 454 kg per person and the figure for the European Union (27) was 481 kg per person. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest822Denmark

Lowest247Romania

Median45426 EU countries

European Union (27)481History

Map of EU countries, 2015

Under 380
380 to 450
450 to 490
490 to 560
560 and over
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kg per person, 2015. 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, 2015

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	2015 kg per person	Change on 2014
1	Denmark	822	+1.7%
2	Malta	643	+2.2%
3	Germany	632	+0.2%
4	Cyprus	626	+2.1%
5	Luxembourg	607	-3%
6	Austria	560	-0.9%
7	Netherlands	523	-0.8%
8	France	516	-0.2%
9	Finland	500	+3.7%
10	Greece	490	0%
10	Italy	490	-0.4%
12	Portugal Series break	459	+1.5%
13	Spain	456	+1.8%
14	Sweden	451	+1.8%
15	Slovenia	449	+3.9%
16	Lithuania	447	+3.5%
17	Bulgaria	431	-4.4%
18	Belgium	412	-3.1%
19	Latvia	404	+11%
20	Croatia	398	+2.1%
21	Hungary	379	-1.8%
22	Estonia	359	+0.6%
23	Slovakia	329	+2.8%
24	Czechia	316	+1.9%
25	Poland Estimated	286	+5.1%
26	Romania	247	-0.8%

Other periods

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 2015 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, 2015) [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, 2015. 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=2015. 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, 2015. 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=2015.

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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, 2015 [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=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Denmark, with 822 kg per person in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Romania, with 247 kg per person in 2015.

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 2015 and are not ranked.