Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled 2023 Country Ranks Alphabetical


 SOURCE: 2023 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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RankCountryValueDate of Info
89 Afghanistan02023
89 Akrotiri02023
89 Albania02023
63 Algeria8%2013
89 American Samoa02023
89 Andorra02023
89 Angola02023
89 Anguilla02023
89 Antarctica02023
89 Antigua and Barbuda02023
67 Argentina6%2010
89 Armenia02023
58 Aruba11%2013
89 Ashmore and Cartier Islands02023
10 Australia42.1%2015
28 Austria25.7%2015
89 Azerbaijan02023
89 Bahamas The02023
63 Bahrain8%2012
89 Bangladesh02023
61 Barbados9%2015
48 Belarus16%2016
15 Belgium34.3%2015
89 Belize02023
30 Benin25%2005
79 Bermuda2%2012
83 Bhutan0.9%2016
56 Bolivia12.1%2015
88 Bosnia and Herzegovina0%2015
82 Botswana1%2005
89 Bouvet Island02023
80 Brazil1.4%2014
89 British Indian Ocean Territory02023
89 British Virgin Islands02023
89 Brunei02023
41 Bulgaria19%2015
57 Burkina Faso12%2005
89 Burma02023
89 Burundi02023
89 Cabo Verde02023
89 Cambodia02023
86 Cameroon0.4%2009
38 Canada20.6%2008
37 Cayman Islands21%2013
89 Central African Republic02023
89 Chad02023
86 Chile0.4%2009
89 China02023
89 Christmas Island02023
89 Clipperton Island02023
89 Cocos (Keeling) Islands02023
44 Colombia17.2%2013
89 Comoros02023
72 Congo Democratic Republic of the4.9%2005
26 Congo Republic of the26.2%2005
89 Cook Islands02023
89 Coral Sea Islands02023
81 Costa Rica1.3%2014
76 Cote d'Ivoire3%2005
46 Croatia16.3%2015
60 Cuba9.5%2015
79 Curacao2%2013
52 Cyprus13.3%2015
29 Czechia25.5%2015
24 Denmark27.3%2015
89 Dhekelia02023
89 Djibouti02023
89 Dominica02023
62 Dominican Republic8.2%2015
53 Ecuador12.9%2015
55 Egypt12.5%2013
89 El Salvador02023
89 Equatorial Guinea02023
89 Eritrea02023
31 Estonia24.7%2015
89 Eswatini02023
89 Ethiopia02023
89 European Union02023
89 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)02023
1 Faroe Islands67%2012
69 Fiji5.5%2013
22 Finland28.1%2015
35 France22.3%2015
11 French Polynesia39%2013
89 French Southern and Antarctic Lands02023
89 Gabon02023
89 Gambia The02023
85 Gaza Strip0.5%2013
89 Georgia02023
7 Germany47.8%2015
89 Ghana02023
89 Gibraltar02023
41 Greece19%2014
89 Greenland02023
89 Grenada02023
42 Guam17.9%2011
89 Guatemala02023
21 Guernsey28.4%2016
71 Guinea5%2005
89 Guinea-Bissau02023
85 Guyana0.5%2010
89 Haiti02023
89 Heard Island and McDonald Islands02023
89 Holy See (Vatican City)02023
89 Honduras02023
16 Hong Kong34%2016
27 Hungary25.9%2015
5 Iceland55.8%2013
71 India5%2013
65 Indonesia7%2016
71 Iran5%2017
89 Iraq02023
17 Ireland33%2012
6 Isle of Man50%2011
30 Israel25%2017
27 Italy25.9%2015
89 Jamaica02023
89 Jan Mayen02023
72 Japan4.9%2015
21 Jersey28.4%2016
65 Jordan7%2014
77 Kazakhstan2.9%2012
63 Kenya8%2009
89 Kiribati02023
89 Korea North02023
4 Korea South58%2014
89 Kosovo02023
89 Kuwait02023
89 Kyrgyzstan02023
59 Laos10%2015
36 Latvia21.2%2015
63 Lebanon8%2014
89 Lesotho02023
89 Liberia02023
89 Libya02023
2 Liechtenstein64.6%2015
34 Lithuania22.9%2015
21 Luxembourg28.4%2015
39 Macau20%2014
89 Madagascar02023
89 Malawi02023
43 Malaysia17.5%2016
89 Maldives02023
89 Mali02023
66 Malta6.7%2015
20 Marshall Islands30.8%2007
63 Mauritania8%2009
89 Mauritius02023
71 Mexico5%2013
89 Micronesia Federated States of02023
49 Moldova15.3%2015
70 Monaco5.4%2012
89 Mongolia02023
70 Montenegro5.4%2015
89 Montserrat02023
63 Morocco8%2014
82 Mozambique1%2014
73 Namibia4.5%2005
89 Nauru02023
89 Navassa Island02023
89 Nepal02023
32 Netherlands24.6%2015
89 New Caledonia02023
89 New Zealand02023
89 Nicaragua02023
74 Niger4%2005
89 Nigeria02023
89 Niue02023
89 Norfolk Island02023
87 North Macedonia0.2%2013
13 Northern Mariana Islands36%2016
26 Norway26.2%2015
89 Oman02023
63 Pakistan8%2017
89 Palau02023
89 Panama02023
79 Papua New Guinea2%2016
89 Paracel Islands02023
89 Paraguay02023
74 Peru4%2012
23 Philippines28%2014
89 Pitcairn Islands02023
25 Poland26.4%2015
47 Portugal16.2%2014
51 Puerto Rico14%2013
76 Qatar3%2014
68 Romania5.7%2015
73 Russia4.5%2012
89 Rwanda02023
89 Saint Barthelemy02023
89 Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha02023
89 Saint Kitts and Nevis02023
89 Saint Lucia02023
89 Saint Martin02023
89 Saint Pierre and Miquelon02023
89 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines02023
13 Samoa36%2013
9 San Marino45.1%2016
89 Sao Tome and Principe02023
50 Saudi Arabia15%2015
89 Senegal02023
84 Serbia0.8%2015
89 Seychelles02023
89 Sierra Leone02023
3 Singapore61%2015
89 Sint Maarten02023
64 Slovakia7.6%2015
8 Slovenia46.4%2015
89 Solomon Islands02023
89 Somalia02023
23 South Africa28%2011
89 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands02023
89 South Sudan02023
45 Spain16.8%2015
89 Spratly Islands02023
54 Sri Lanka12.8%2016
89 Sudan02023
89 Suriname02023
89 Svalbard02023
18 Sweden32.4%2015
19 Switzerland32%2015
78 Syria2.5%2010
89 Taiwan02023
89 Tajikistan02023
89 Tanzania02023
40 Thailand19.1%2012
89 Timor-Leste02023
79 Togo2%2012
89 Tokelau02023
89 Tonga02023
89 Trinidad and Tobago02023
74 Tunisia4%2014
89 Turkey (Turkiye)02023
89 Turkmenistan02023
89 Turks and Caicos Islands02023
50 Tuvalu15%2013
67 Uganda6%2017
75 Ukraine3.2%2015
39 United Arab Emirates20%2015
24 United Kingdom27.3%2015
14 United States34.6%2014
89 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges02023
63 Uruguay8%2011
89 Uzbekistan02023
12 Vanuatu37%2013
89 Venezuela02023
33 Vietnam23%2014
89 Virgin Islands02023
89 Wake Island02023
89 Wallis and Futuna02023
85 West Bank0.5%2013
89 World02023
63 Yemen8%2016
89 Zambia02023

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