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)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · ten00063