Controlled solid waste refers to the percentage of household and commercial waste generated in a country that is collected and treated in a manner that controls environmental risks. This metric counts waste as “controlled” if it is treated through recycling, composting, anaerobic digestion, incineration, or disposed of in a sanitary landfill. A score of 100 indicates a country controls 100% of its waste in a sustainable way, while a score of 0 indicates a country fails either to control any of its solid waste or to collect and report data on the fate of its solid waste. Data for this indicator come from the World Bank's What a Waste 2.0 report and Wiedinmyer et al. (2014).
Controlled solid waste
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | 99.60 | NA |
| Switzerland | 2 | 99.50 | NA |
| Mauritius | 2 | 99.50 | NA |
| Denmark | 4 | 99.40 | NA |
| Sweden | 4 | 99.40 | NA |
| Singapore | 6 | 99.30 | NA |
| Norway | 7 | 98.80 | NA |
| Germany | 8 | 98.50 | NA |
| Belgium | 9 | 98.30 | NA |
| Finland | 9 | 98.30 | NA |
| Austria | 11 | 98.10 | NA |
| South Korea | 12 | 97.90 | NA |
| Luxembourg | 13 | 97.60 | NA |
| France | 14 | 96.90 | NA |
| United Kingdom | 15 | 96.00 | NA |
| United States of America | 15 | 96.00 | NA |
| Taiwan | 17 | 95.50 | NA |
| Australia | 18 | 95.00 | NA |
| Portugal | 19 | 94.60 | NA |
| Spain | 20 | 94.00 | NA |
| Ireland | 21 | 93.90 | NA |
| Czech Republic | 22 | 93.70 | NA |
| Japan | 23 | 92.70 | NA |
| Canada | 24 | 92.30 | NA |
| Israel | 25 | 92.00 | NA |
| Iceland | 26 | 91.90 | NA |
| Malta | 27 | 91.80 | NA |
| Italy | 28 | 91.30 | NA |
| Saudi Arabia | 29 | 91.00 | NA |
| Greece | 30 | 90.50 | NA |
| Bahrain | 31 | 90.30 | NA |
| Estonia | 31 | 90.30 | NA |
| Qatar | 33 | 90.20 | NA |
| New Zealand | 34 | 89.50 | NA |
| Colombia | 35 | 89.10 | NA |
| Lithuania | 36 | 88.70 | NA |
| Slovenia | 37 | 87.70 | NA |
| Poland | 38 | 87.00 | NA |
| Slovakia | 39 | 86.80 | NA |
| Latvia | 40 | 85.90 | NA |
| Brunei Darussalam | 41 | 85.50 | NA |
| Bulgaria | 42 | 84.00 | NA |
| Cyprus | 43 | 82.40 | NA |
| Barbados | 44 | 81.50 | NA |
| El Salvador | 45 | 78.60 | NA |
| Costa Rica | 46 | 77.50 | NA |
| Croatia | 47 | 77.30 | NA |
| Chile | 48 | 75.70 | NA |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 49 | 75.20 | NA |
| Mexico | 50 | 74.60 | NA |
| Saint Lucia | 51 | 73.80 | NA |
| Brazil | 52 | 73.10 | NA |
| Argentina | 53 | 71.20 | NA |
| Romania | 54 | 69.50 | NA |
| United Arab Emirates | 55 | 67.60 | NA |
| Lebanon | 56 | 65.70 | NA |
| Turkmenistan | 57 | 65.20 | NA |
| Bhutan | 58 | 64.30 | NA |
| Belarus | 59 | 64.20 | NA |
| North Macedonia | 60 | 60.80 | NA |
| Serbia | 61 | 59.90 | NA |
| Grenada | 62 | 59.50 | NA |
| Bolivia | 63 | 57.80 | NA |
| Turkey | 64 | 56.00 | NA |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 65 | 55.60 | NA |
| South Africa | 65 | 55.60 | NA |
| Panama | 67 | 55.20 | NA |
| Dominica | 68 | 53.60 | NA |
| Algeria | 69 | 53.20 | NA |
| Jordan | 70 | 52.70 | NA |
| Paraguay | 71 | 52.50 | NA |
| Ukraine | 72 | 51.50 | NA |
| Indonesia | 73 | 51.40 | NA |
| Hungary | 74 | 49.60 | NA |
| Armenia | 75 | 49.50 | NA |
| Georgia | 75 | 49.50 | NA |
| Equatorial Guinea | 75 | 49.50 | NA |
| Kuwait | 75 | 49.50 | NA |
| Oman | 75 | 49.50 | NA |
| Ecuador | 80 | 49.30 | NA |
| Malaysia | 81 | 47.90 | NA |
| China | 82 | 45.00 | NA |
| Seychelles | 83 | 42.10 | NA |
| Peru | 84 | 42.00 | NA |
| Mauritania | 85 | 41.60 | NA |
| Russia | 86 | 41.10 | NA |
| Uruguay | 87 | 40.80 | NA |
| Kazakhstan | 88 | 39.60 | NA |
| Iran | 89 | 39.20 | NA |
| Azerbaijan | 90 | 39.00 | NA |
| Morocco | 91 | 38.70 | NA |
| Sudan | 92 | 37.80 | NA |
| Samoa | 93 | 36.80 | NA |
| Bahamas | 94 | 36.50 | NA |
| Fiji | 95 | 36.20 | NA |
| Thailand | 96 | 35.40 | NA |
| Honduras | 97 | 35.30 | NA |
| Guyana | 98 | 35.20 | NA |
| Nepal | 99 | 34.70 | NA |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100 | 34.50 | NA |
| Cuba | 101 | 34.00 | NA |
| Tunisia | 102 | 33.00 | NA |
| Jamaica | 103 | 32.40 | NA |
| Botswana | 104 | 30.50 | NA |
| Papua New Guinea | 105 | 29.30 | NA |
| Gabon | 106 | 28.10 | NA |
| Egypt | 107 | 24.20 | NA |
| Iraq | 108 | 23.90 | NA |
| Tonga | 109 | 22.40 | NA |
| Viet Nam | 110 | 22.00 | NA |
| Guatemala | 111 | 21.80 | NA |
| Republic of Congo | 112 | 21.70 | NA |
| Marshall Islands | 113 | 21.50 | NA |
| Dominican Republic | 114 | 21.10 | NA |
| Vanuatu | 115 | 20.60 | NA |
| Philippines | 116 | 20.00 | NA |
| Pakistan | 117 | 19.70 | NA |
| Namibia | 118 | 18.60 | NA |
| Belize | 119 | 17.50 | NA |
| Laos | 119 | 17.50 | NA |
| India | 121 | 17.00 | NA |
| Mongolia | 121 | 17.00 | NA |
| Nigeria | 123 | 16.70 | NA |
| Nicaragua | 124 | 16.00 | NA |
| Burkina Faso | 125 | 13.60 | NA |
| Eswatini | 126 | 13.30 | NA |
| Benin | 127 | 13.00 | NA |
| Maldives | 127 | 13.00 | NA |
| Sri Lanka | 129 | 12.90 | NA |
| Cameroon | 130 | 12.30 | NA |
| Zimbabwe | 131 | 9.10 | NA |
| Cabo Verde | 132 | 8.60 | NA |
| Moldova | 133 | 8.20 | NA |
| Uzbekistan | 134 | 8.10 | NA |
| Uganda | 135 | 7.70 | NA |
| Kenya | 136 | 7.30 | NA |
| Venezuela | 137 | 6.50 | NA |
| Bangladesh | 138 | 5.80 | NA |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 139 | 5.70 | NA |
| Montenegro | 140 | 5.40 | NA |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 141 | 5.10 | NA |
| Ghana | 142 | 4.90 | NA |
| Timor-Leste | 143 | 4.60 | NA |
| Haiti | 144 | 4.50 | NA |
| Senegal | 145 | 4.10 | NA |
| Zambia | 145 | 4.10 | NA |
| Myanmar | 147 | 4.00 | NA |
| Cambodia | 148 | 3.80 | NA |
| Kyrgyzstan | 149 | 3.40 | NA |
| Djibouti | 150 | 3.30 | NA |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 151 | 3.20 | NA |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 152 | 3.00 | NA |
| Guinea | 152 | 3.00 | NA |
| Lesotho | 154 | 2.90 | NA |
| Micronesia | 155 | 2.80 | NA |
| Tanzania | 155 | 2.80 | NA |
| Tajikistan | 157 | 2.70 | NA |
| Niger | 158 | 2.50 | NA |
| Togo | 159 | 2.30 | NA |
| Madagascar | 160 | 2.10 | NA |
| Chad | 161 | 2.00 | NA |
| Mali | 162 | 1.50 | NA |
| Afghanistan | 163 | 1.10 | NA |
| Solomon Islands | 163 | 1.10 | NA |
| Ethiopia | 165 | 1.00 | NA |
| Mozambique | 165 | 1.00 | NA |
| Rwanda | 165 | 1.00 | NA |
| Kiribati | 168 | 0.80 | NA |
| Gambia | 169 | 0.60 | NA |
| Sierra Leone | 169 | 0.60 | NA |
| Albania | 171 | 0.50 | NA |
| Burundi | 171 | 0.50 | NA |
| Central African Republic | 171 | 0.50 | NA |
| Liberia | 171 | 0.50 | NA |
| Malawi | 171 | 0.50 | NA |
| Suriname | 171 | 0.50 | NA |
| Comoros | 177 | 0.40 | NA |
| Guinea-Bissau | 177 | 0.40 | NA |
| Eritrea | 179 | 0.10 | NA |
| Angola | 180 | NA | NA |