We measure recycling rates as the proportion of recyclable materials (metal, plastic, paper, and glass) recycled in each country. A score of 100 indicates a country recycles all recyclable post-consumer material, while a score of 0 indicates a country recycles no recyclable post-consumer material.
Recycling
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 1 | 67.10 | 1.20 |
| Samoa | 2 | 57.60 | 1.20 |
| Benin | 3 | 56.90 | 2.30 |
| Iceland | 4 | 55.50 | 0.40 |
| Australia | 5 | 52.90 | 0.60 |
| Vanuatu | 5 | 52.90 | 0.90 |
| Singapore | 7 | 51.70 | 0.80 |
| Philippines | 8 | 49.90 | 3.00 |
| Germany | 9 | 49.80 | 0.30 |
| Viet Nam | 10 | 46.00 | 5.30 |
| Ireland | 11 | 42.40 | 0.30 |
| Luxembourg | 12 | 42.00 | -0.10 |
| Thailand | 13 | 40.00 | 3.70 |
| Italy | 14 | 39.90 | 0.40 |
| Sweden | 15 | 39.70 | 0.20 |
| Marshall Islands | 15 | 39.70 | 0.90 |
| Estonia | 17 | 39.10 | 0.20 |
| Poland | 18 | 38.30 | 1.90 |
| Czech Republic | 19 | 37.30 | 1.40 |
| Moldova | 20 | 36.90 | 4.60 |
| Austria | 21 | 36.00 | 0.10 |
| Finland | 22 | 35.40 | 0.20 |
| Denmark | 22 | 35.40 | 0.50 |
| Norway | 24 | 35.30 | 0.10 |
| Lithuania | 25 | 34.90 | 2.10 |
| Bolivia | 26 | 34.40 | 3.00 |
| United Kingdom | 27 | 34.20 | NA |
| Turkey | 28 | 32.00 | 1.30 |
| Belgium | 29 | 31.70 | NA |
| France | 30 | 31.60 | 0.20 |
| Uzbekistan | 30 | 31.60 | 0.50 |
| Latvia | 32 | 31.30 | 0.90 |
| Hungary | 33 | 31.00 | 1.10 |
| Israel | 34 | 30.40 | 0.60 |
| Switzerland | 35 | 30.10 | 0.20 |
| Bulgaria | 36 | 29.80 | 1.80 |
| Colombia | 37 | 28.50 | 1.60 |
| Netherlands | 38 | 28.30 | 0.20 |
| South Africa | 39 | 28.20 | 1.10 |
| Ecuador | 40 | 28.00 | 0.80 |
| Spain | 41 | 27.70 | 0.40 |
| Egypt | 42 | 26.60 | 3.80 |
| Cuba | 43 | 25.70 | 1.10 |
| Morocco | 44 | 25.40 | 3.00 |
| Bahamas | 45 | 24.90 | 0.50 |
| Slovenia | 46 | 24.80 | 0.60 |
| Uruguay | 46 | 24.80 | NA |
| United Arab Emirates | 48 | 24.50 | 1.00 |
| Sri Lanka | 48 | 24.50 | 3.50 |
| China | 50 | 24.40 | 1.10 |
| Seychelles | 50 | 24.40 | 0.60 |
| Uganda | 52 | 24.10 | 3.10 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 53 | 23.90 | 0.10 |
| Guinea | 53 | 23.90 | 5.80 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 55 | 23.80 | 2.30 |
| Portugal | 56 | 23.50 | 0.40 |
| Canada | 57 | 23.10 | 0.20 |
| Burkina Faso | 58 | 23.00 | 3.50 |
| Guyana | 58 | 23.00 | -0.70 |
| Greece | 60 | 22.40 | 0.20 |
| Gabon | 60 | 22.40 | 0.70 |
| Malaysia | 62 | 22.10 | 1.00 |
| New Zealand | 63 | 22.00 | 0.40 |
| Zimbabwe | 64 | 21.80 | 3.60 |
| Venezuela | 65 | 21.30 | 0.50 |
| Botswana | 66 | 21.00 | 1.20 |
| Maldives | 67 | 20.90 | 2.10 |
| Albania | 68 | 20.50 | 1.40 |
| Niger | 69 | 20.30 | 2.20 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 70 | 20.00 | 0.30 |
| Croatia | 70 | 20.00 | 0.50 |
| Kenya | 72 | 19.90 | 3.40 |
| Georgia | 73 | 19.60 | 2.50 |
| Namibia | 73 | 19.60 | 1.60 |
| Belarus | 75 | 19.00 | 0.70 |
| Angola | 75 | 19.00 | 1.30 |
| Saudi Arabia | 77 | 18.80 | 0.40 |
| Paraguay | 78 | 18.10 | 1.60 |
| India | 79 | 17.80 | 2.80 |
| Cyprus | 80 | 17.60 | NA |
| Cabo Verde | 81 | 17.40 | 2.00 |
| Eswatini | 82 | 17.30 | 0.50 |
| Republic of Congo | 83 | 17.20 | 1.70 |
| Suriname | 84 | 16.90 | 1.90 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 84 | 16.90 | 5.20 |
| Iran | 86 | 16.80 | 1.40 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 87 | 16.20 | 1.80 |
| Fiji | 88 | 16.10 | 0.70 |
| Mauritius | 89 | 15.90 | 1.00 |
| Bangladesh | 90 | 15.70 | 2.90 |
| Iraq | 91 | 15.40 | 3.10 |
| Kiribati | 91 | 15.40 | 0.30 |
| Kuwait | 91 | 15.40 | 1.20 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 94 | 15.30 | 0.10 |
| Turkmenistan | 94 | 15.30 | 1.60 |
| Micronesia | 96 | 15.20 | 0.10 |
| Indonesia | 96 | 15.20 | 1.20 |
| El Salvador | 96 | 15.20 | 0.40 |
| Grenada | 99 | 15.10 | 0.10 |
| Laos | 99 | 15.10 | 2.70 |
| Jamaica | 101 | 15.00 | 0.40 |
| Lebanon | 101 | 15.00 | 0.80 |
| Nicaragua | 101 | 15.00 | 1.40 |
| Djibouti | 104 | 14.90 | 1.90 |
| United States of America | 105 | 14.80 | 0.50 |
| Jordan | 106 | 14.60 | 1.00 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 106 | 14.60 | 1.80 |
| Azerbaijan | 108 | 14.40 | 1.30 |
| Panama | 109 | 14.20 | 1.60 |
| Bahrain | 110 | 14.10 | 0.30 |
| Oman | 111 | 13.90 | 1.00 |
| Tajikistan | 111 | 13.90 | 1.90 |
| Pakistan | 113 | 13.80 | 1.00 |
| Taiwan | 113 | 13.80 | NA |
| Armenia | 115 | 13.50 | 2.00 |
| Timor-Leste | 115 | 13.50 | 2.60 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 117 | 13.30 | 2.30 |
| Ghana | 117 | 13.30 | 2.60 |
| Saint Lucia | 117 | 13.30 | 0.10 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 117 | 13.30 | NA |
| Slovakia | 121 | 13.20 | 0.40 |
| Gambia | 122 | 13.00 | 1.80 |
| Romania | 122 | 13.00 | 0.60 |
| Mongolia | 122 | 13.00 | 4.80 |
| Ethiopia | 125 | 12.80 | 2.20 |
| Dominica | 126 | 12.60 | 0.10 |
| Zambia | 126 | 12.60 | 2.10 |
| Cambodia | 128 | 12.40 | 3.00 |
| Tanzania | 129 | 12.30 | 1.90 |
| Myanmar | 129 | 12.30 | 2.70 |
| Tonga | 131 | 12.20 | 0.40 |
| Lesotho | 132 | 11.90 | 1.50 |
| Senegal | 132 | 11.90 | 1.70 |
| Dominican Republic | 134 | 11.60 | 1.50 |
| Japan | 135 | 11.50 | NA |
| Rwanda | 135 | 11.50 | 2.00 |
| Afghanistan | 137 | 11.10 | 1.30 |
| Chad | 137 | 11.10 | 0.60 |
| Algeria | 139 | 11.00 | 0.50 |
| Tunisia | 140 | 10.90 | 0.60 |
| Barbados | 141 | 10.60 | 0.20 |
| Malta | 142 | 10.50 | 0.20 |
| Belize | 143 | 10.40 | 0.20 |
| Guatemala | 143 | 10.40 | 0.40 |
| Mali | 143 | 10.40 | 0.90 |
| Honduras | 146 | 10.30 | 0.40 |
| Comoros | 147 | 10.10 | 0.80 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 147 | 10.10 | 1.20 |
| Mauritania | 149 | 10.00 | 1.30 |
| Sierra Leone | 150 | 9.70 | 1.50 |
| Argentina | 151 | 9.60 | 0.40 |
| Mexico | 151 | 9.60 | 0.30 |
| Malawi | 151 | 9.60 | 1.60 |
| Madagascar | 154 | 9.20 | 0.90 |
| Peru | 154 | 9.20 | 1.20 |
| Central African Republic | 156 | 9.10 | 1.40 |
| Haiti | 156 | 9.10 | 2.00 |
| Sudan | 158 | 8.90 | 0.30 |
| Liberia | 159 | 7.90 | 2.30 |
| Burundi | 160 | 7.10 | 1.50 |
| Eritrea | 161 | 6.80 | -0.20 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 162 | 6.40 | 1.60 |
| Montenegro | 162 | 6.40 | 0.60 |
| Papua New Guinea | 164 | 6.30 | 0.50 |
| Solomon Islands | 165 | 6.10 | 1.20 |
| Qatar | 166 | 6.00 | 0.20 |
| Costa Rica | 167 | 5.40 | 0.10 |
| Russia | 168 | 5.30 | 0.80 |
| Mozambique | 169 | 5.20 | 1.20 |
| North Macedonia | 170 | 4.90 | 0.30 |
| Nigeria | 171 | 4.70 | 0.60 |
| Cameroon | 172 | 4.60 | 0.50 |
| Nepal | 172 | 4.60 | 0.50 |
| Ukraine | 174 | 4.50 | 0.30 |
| Kazakhstan | 175 | 3.80 | 0.80 |
| Togo | 176 | 3.50 | 0.60 |
| Brazil | 177 | 2.80 | 0.10 |
| Bhutan | 178 | 1.70 | 0.20 |
| Chile | 179 | 1.00 | 0.10 |
| Serbia | 179 | 1.00 | NA |