Municipal waste by waste management operations

In 2020, Spain's municipal waste by waste management operations decreased by 1.9% compared to 2019, reaching 463.0.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 521.0.

Spain ranks 20th 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 1.5% (from 456.0 in 2015).

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