DE · 2019 · ten00063

Recycling rates for packaging waste

Germany, 2019

Recycling rates for packaging waste
64.0
Germany, 2019
▼ 6.6% vs 2018 (68.5)
Analysis

In 2019, Germany's recycling rates for packaging waste decreased by 6.6% compared to 2018, reaching 64.0.

Germany accounts for 98.8% of the EU-27 total of 64.8.

Germany ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 10.4% (from 71.4 in 2014).

Source: Eurostat dataset ten00063, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
98.8%
EU-27: 64.8
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