Waste generated by households by year and waste category

In 2022, the EU-27 figure for waste generated by households by year and waste category was 196,150,000 .

That is a 1.8% fell versus 2020 (199,840,000).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 4.3% higher.

Across member states, Germany reported the highest value (36,328,252, 2022) and Malta the lowest (196,938, 2022) — a ratio of 184.5× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset ten00110; every value links back to the canonical source.