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Municipal waste collected (Tonnes)
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58 countries · 2023
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| # | Country | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 254.08M |
| 2 | Germany | 51.02M |
| 3 | France | 33.98M |
| 4 | Italy | 24.94M |
| 5 | Spain | 22.5M |
| 6 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 21.65M |
| 7 | Iraq | 18.81M |
| 8 | Poland | 10.55M |
| 9 | Ukraine | 9.61M |
| 10 | Netherlands | 8.36M |
| 11 | Belgium | 8.1M |
| 12 | Austria | 7.14M |
| 13 | Switzerland | 6.03M |
| 14 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5.94M |
| 15 | Czechia | 5.85M |
| 16 | Portugal | 5.63M |
| 17 | Romania | 5.48M |
| 18 | Greece | 5.44M |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 4.73M |
| 20 | Uganda | 4.57M |
| 21 | Denmark | 4.51M |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 4.14M |
| 23 | Hungary | 4.12M |
| 24 | Sweden | 4.11M |
| 25 | Norway | 3.99M |
| 26 | Belarus | 3.98M |
| 27 | Qatar | 3.77M |
| 28 | Serbia | 2.96M |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | 2.72M |
| 30 | Finland | 2.61M |
| 31 | Slovak Republic | 2.51M |
| 32 | Malaysia | 2.29M |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 2.16M |
| 34 | Kenya | 2.03M |
| 35 | Croatia | 1.64M |
| 36 | Lithuania | 1.27M |
| 37 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 918,000 |
| 38 | Slovenia | 909,000 |
| 39 | Albania | 844,000 |
| 40 | Trinidad and Tobago | 736,455 |
| 41 | North Macedonia | 622,000 |
| 42 | Mauritius | 541,140 |
| 43 | Macao SAR, China | 532,340 |
| 44 | Cyprus | 496,000 |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 478,000 |
| 46 | Estonia | 464,000 |
| 47 | Armenia | 433,300 |
| 48 | Montenegro | 345,000 |
| 49 | Suriname | 316,760 |
| 50 | Malta | 312,000 |
| 51 | Iceland | 224,000 |
| 52 | Brunei Darussalam | 196,170.4 |
| 53 | Fiji | 171,229 |
| 54 | Andorra | 40,880 |
| 55 | Viet Nam | 37,160.8 |
| 56 | Liechtenstein | 32,638 |
| 57 | Monaco | 28,418 |
| 58 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 26,467.4 |
Municipal waste collected (Tonnes)