Municipal waste by waste management operations

In 2021, Germany's municipal waste by waste management operations increased by 1.1% compared to 2020, reaching 648.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 534.0.

Germany ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.4% (from 633.0 in 2016).

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