Municipal waste by waste management operations

In 2021, Spain's municipal waste by waste management operations increased by 4.1% compared to 2020, reaching 482.0.

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

Spain ranks 18th 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 3.9% (from 464.0 in 2016).

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