Sewage sludge production and disposal from urban wastewater (in dry substance (d.s))

In 2022, Bulgaria's sewage sludge production and disposal from urban wastewater (in dry substance (d.s)) increased by 68.0% compared to 2021, reaching 46.1.

Bulgaria ranks 16th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.7% (from 45.3 in 2017).

Source: Eurostat dataset ten00030, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.