Municipal waste by waste management operations

In 2021, Portugal's municipal waste by waste management operations increased by 0.4% compared to 2020, reaching 510.0.

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

Portugal ranks 14th 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 8.1% (from 472.0 in 2016).

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