DE · 2017 · ten00063
Recycling rates for packaging waste
Germany, 2017
In 2017, Germany's recycling rates for packaging waste decreased by 1.1% compared to 2016, reaching 69.9.
Germany accounts for 103.6% of the EU-27 total of 67.5.
Germany ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.0% (from 71.3 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset ten00063, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.