Municipal waste by waste management operations

In 2021, Latvia's municipal waste by waste management operations decreased by 3.6% compared to 2020, reaching 461.0.

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

Latvia ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 12.4% (from 410.0 in 2016).

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