Municipal waste by waste management operations

In 2024, Spain's municipal waste by waste management operations decreased by 1.7% compared to 2023, reaching 456.0.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 517.0.

Spain ranks 16th out of 20 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 3.4% (from 472.0 in 2019).

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