Generation of waste by economic activity

In 2022, the EU-27 figure for generation of waste by economic activity was 24,170,000 .

That is a 7.3% rose versus 2020 (22,520,000).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 16.4% higher.

Across member states, Spain reported the highest value (6,043,196, 2022) and Malta the lowest (3,733, 2022) — a ratio of 1618.9× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset ten00106; every value links back to the canonical source.