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Share of total municipal solid waste collected

% · higher is better · 216 countries

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  1. 1Finland100%
  2. 1Andorra100%
  3. 1American Samoa100%
  4. 1Austria100%
  5. 1Belgium100%
  6. 1Samoa100%
  7. 1Bahrain100%
  8. 1Belarus100%
  9. 1Bermuda100%
  10. 1Czechia100%
  11. 1Germany100%
  12. 1Denmark100%
  13. 1Spain100%
  14. 1France100%
  15. 1Venezuela, RB100%
  16. 1United Kingdom100%
  17. 1Greece100%
  18. 1Grenada100%
  19. 1Guam100%
  20. 1Hong Kong SAR, China100%
  21. 1Iran, Islamic Rep.100%
  22. 1Iceland100%
  23. 1Israel100%
  24. 1Italy100%
  25. 1Japan100%
  26. 1Kuwait100%
  27. 1Lebanon100%
  28. 1St. Lucia100%
  29. 1Liechtenstein100%
  30. 1United States100%
  31. 1Luxembourg100%
  32. 1Macao SAR, China100%
  33. 1Monaco100%
  34. 1Malta100%
  35. 1Netherlands100%
  36. 1Naoero100%
  37. 1Oman100%
  38. 1Poland100%
  39. 1Portugal100%
  40. 1Qatar100%
  41. 1Saudi Arabia100%
  42. 1Singapore100%
  43. 1Slovak Republic100%
  44. 1Sweden100%
  45. 1Trinidad and Tobago100%
  46. 2Taiwan100%
  47. 3Hungary99.9%
  48. 4Korea, Rep.99.9%
  49. 5Faroe Islands99.9%
  50. 6Northern Mariana Islands99.3%
  51. 7Canada99%
  52. 7Norway99%
  53. 7Switzerland99%
  54. 7Australia99%
  55. 8San Marino98.8%
  56. 8Greenland98.8%
  57. 9Lithuania98.7%
  58. 10Antigua and Barbuda98.6%
  59. 11Bulgaria98.3%
  60. 12United Arab Emirates98.1%
  61. 13Mauritius98%
  62. 13St. Kitts and Nevis98%
  63. 13Colombia98%
  64. 13Uruguay98%
  65. 14Croatia97.8%
  66. 15Gibraltar97.7%
  67. 16British Virgin Islands97.2%
  68. 17New Zealand97%
  69. 18Montenegro97%
  70. 19Isle of Man96%
  71. 20Seychelles95%
  72. 20Chile95%
  73. 20Malaysia95%
  74. 20Jordan95%
  75. 20Tunisia95%
  76. 21Brunei Darussalam95%
  77. 22Nepal94%
  78. 22China94%
  79. 22Dominica94%
  80. 22Bhutan94%
  81. 23Slovenia93.8%
  82. 24Mexico93.4%
  83. 25Bahamas, The92.9%
  84. 25St. Martin (French part)92.9%
  85. 25Sint Maarten (Dutch part)92.9%
  86. 25Puerto Rico (US)92.9%
  87. 25Virgin Islands (U.S.)92.9%
  88. 25Cayman Islands92.9%
  89. 25Curacao92.9%
  90. 25Aruba92.9%
  91. 25Turks and Caicos Islands92.9%
  92. 26Cyprus92.4%
  93. 27Nicaragua92.3%
  94. 28West Bank and Gaza92.2%
  95. 29Ireland92%
  96. 30Algeria92%
  97. 31Brazil91.3%
  98. 32St. Vincent and the Grenadines91%
  99. 33Mongolia90.7%
  100. 33Fiji90.7%
  101. 33Thailand90.7%
  102. 34Libya90.4%
  103. 35Costa Rica90.4%
  104. 36Barbados90%
  105. 36Romania90%
  106. 37Argentina89.9%
  107. 38Guyana89%
  108. 39Turkiye88.1%
  109. 40Estonia86.9%
  110. 41Morocco86%
  111. 42Belize85.2%
  112. 43Ghana85%
  113. 44Panama84.9%
  114. 45Turkmenistan84.7%
  115. 45Russian Federation84.7%
  116. 46Latvia84.4%
  117. 47Peru82.9%
  118. 48Ecuador81%
  119. 49Armenia80%
  120. 49Indonesia80%
  121. 49Suriname80%
  122. 49Syrian Arab Republic80%
  123. 50El Salvador78.8%
  124. 51Guatemala77.7%
  125. 52Uzbekistan77.3%
  126. 52Moldova77.3%
  127. 52Kyrgyz Republic77.3%
  128. 53Korea, Dem. People's Rep.77.1%
  129. 54Kazakhstan77%
  130. 54Palau77%
  131. 54Albania77%
  132. 55Cuba76.9%
  133. 56North Macedonia76.6%
  134. 57Jamaica76%
  135. 57Iraq76%
  136. 58Ukraine75.9%
  137. 59Cambodia75%
  138. 60Serbia74.7%
  139. 61Bosnia and Herzegovina74%
  140. 62Viet Nam72%
  141. 63Tonga71%
  142. 64Cabo Verde70.6%
  143. 65Dominican Republic69%
  144. 66Honduras68%
  145. 67New Caledonia67%
  146. 68Philippines66.1%
  147. 68Timor-Leste66.1%
  148. 69Djibouti65.9%
  149. 70Mauritania65.3%
  150. 71Egypt, Arab Rep.62.5%
  151. 72Cameroon61.6%
  152. 73Marshall Islands60%
  153. 73Georgia60%
  154. 73Papua New Guinea60%
  155. 73Myanmar60%
  156. 74Bolivia57.6%
  157. 75Azerbaijan56%
  158. 76Lao PDR55%
  159. 77Kiribati54%
  160. 78Mozambique52.5%
  161. 79Pakistan52%
  162. 79India52%
  163. 79Sri Lanka52%
  164. 79Afghanistan52%
  165. 79Bangladesh52%
  166. 80French Polynesia51%
  167. 80Paraguay51%
  168. 81Ethiopia50%
  169. 82Sao Tome and Principe48.4%
  170. 83Tanzania48%
  171. 84Tuvalu47%
  172. 85Zimbabwe45.7%
  173. 85Congo, Rep.45.7%
  174. 85Cote d'Ivoire45.7%
  175. 85Eritrea45.7%
  176. 85Nigeria45.7%
  177. 86Sierra Leone44%
  178. 87Mali40%
  179. 87Kenya40%
  180. 88Uganda39%
  181. 89Tajikistan38.3%
  182. 90Maldives38.2%
  183. 91Gambia, The36.5%
  184. 91Central African Republic36.5%
  185. 91Rwanda36.5%
  186. 91Guinea-Bissau36.5%
  187. 91Burundi36.5%
  188. 91Somalia, Fed. Rep.36.5%
  189. 91South Sudan36.5%
  190. 91Congo, Dem. Rep.36.5%
  191. 91Togo36.5%
  192. 91Chad36.5%
  193. 91Liberia36.5%
  194. 91Niger36.5%
  195. 91Sudan36.5%
  196. 91Malawi36.5%
  197. 91Guinea36.5%
  198. 92Burkina Faso34.5%
  199. 93South Africa23.6%
  200. 93Eswatini23.6%
  201. 93Botswana23.6%
  202. 93Namibia23.6%
  203. 93Equatorial Guinea23.6%
  204. 93Gabon23.6%
  205. 94Angola23.1%
  206. 95Benin23%
  207. 96Senegal21.4%
  208. 97Zambia20%
  209. 97Lesotho20%
  210. 97Comoros20%
  211. 97Yemen, Rep.20%
  212. 98Madagascar18%
  213. 99Solomon Islands12%
  214. 99Vanuatu12%
  215. 100Haiti11%
  216. 101Micronesia, Fed. Sts.8%

Share of total municipal solid waste collected