IE · 2020 · ten00063

Recycling rates for packaging waste

Ireland, 2020

Recycling rates for packaging waste
62.4
Ireland, 2020
▼ 0.2% vs 2019 (62.5)
Analysis

In 2020, Ireland's recycling rates for packaging waste decreased by 0.2% compared to 2019, reaching 62.4.

Ireland accounts for 97.5% of the EU-27 total of 64.0.

Ireland ranks 13th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 7.6% (from 67.5 in 2015).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#13 of 24
% of EU-27 total · 2020
97.5%
EU-27: 64.0
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
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