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Waste Management

The Waste Management issue category recognizes the threats of solid waste to human and environmental health. It is based on three indicators: municipal solid waste generation per capita, controlled solid waste, and recovery of energy and materials from waste.

country rank Score 10y ∆
Singapore 1 75.5 0.9
Japan 2 73.6 1.1
Sweden 3 72.7 0.7
Taiwan 4 69.7 -5.7
Netherlands 5 69.6 0.1
Finland 6 68.4 -1.1
Germany 7 67.4 1.5
Switzerland 8 66.8 1.0
Denmark 9 65.5 1.1
United Kingdom 10 65.4 3.5
Belgium 11 65.1 -4.9
Estonia 11 65.1 2.5
South Korea 13 64.7 -2.8
Austria 14 63.8 -3.4
Luxembourg 14 63.8 0.5
Lithuania 16 61.3 4.5
Ireland 17 60.7 4.3
France 18 59.6 3.0
Poland 19 58.8 0.9
Norway 20 58.3 -3.0
Italy 21 57.5 5.0
Samoa 22 55.7 -0.3
Slovenia 23 53.6 -4.6
Slovakia 24 53.4 5.0
Bangladesh 25 52.9 1.4
Kenya 26 51.8 -7.2
Hungary 27 51.7 -2.3
Czech Republic 28 51.2 -4.3
Portugal 29 50.8 0.1
Spain 29 50.8 0.6
Turkmenistan 31 48.7 0.0
Bulgaria 32 47.3 -0.4
Viet Nam 33 46.1 0.0
Barbados 34 46.0 3.1
Australia 35 45.7 0.3
Fiji 36 44.7 -0.5
Sudan 37 44.5 0.0
Belarus 38 44.3 15.2
China 39 43.3 -1.4
Latvia 40 42.8 6.7
Nepal 41 42.7 0.0
Kuwait 42 42.6 -16.4
Laos 42 42.6 0.0
Romania 44 42.3 -0.8
Qatar 45 42.0 0.0
Benin 46 41.9 -6.2
United States of America 47 41.7 -3.6
Lesotho 48 40.4 0.0
Timor-Leste 49 39.7 0.0
New Zealand 50 39.5 -0.5
Greece 51 39.4 1.4
Guinea 52 39.3 0.0
Iceland 52 39.3 -0.8
Croatia 54 39.1 0.0
Grenada 55 38.8 0.0
Dominica 56 38.4 -1.2
Republic of Congo 57 37.8 0.0
Algeria 58 37.6 3.3
Saudi Arabia 59 37.4 0.0
Israel 60 37.1 0.5
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 60 37.1 0.0
Papua New Guinea 62 36.8 0.0
Georgia 63 36.6 1.6
Lebanon 63 36.6 0.0
Marshall Islands 65 36.4 0.0
Cambodia 66 36.3 0.0
Ethiopia 67 36.1 0.0
Canada 68 36.0 0.0
Bhutan 69 35.8 2.1
Antigua and Barbuda 70 35.6 0.0
Malaysia 71 35.4 -4.7
Brunei Darussalam 72 35.0 0.0
Mauritius 73 34.8 -3.7
Myanmar 74 34.7 0.0
Bahrain 75 34.6 14.6
South Africa 76 34.5 0.0
Malawi 77 33.9 0.0
Thailand 78 33.6 1.0
Sierra Leone 79 32.8 0.0
Gambia 80 32.6 0.0
Sri Lanka 80 32.6 0.0
Ecuador 82 32.4 -4.0
Seychelles 83 32.0 2.4
Tonga 83 32.0 0.0
Niger 85 31.9 0.0
India 86 31.8 0.5
Zimbabwe 86 31.8 0.0
Cyprus 88 31.7 0.0
Iran 88 31.7 0.0
North Macedonia 90 31.6 0.0
Mozambique 91 31.5 0.0
Botswana 92 31.4 0.0
Ghana 93 31.3 -0.2
Chad 94 31.2 0.0
Costa Rica 94 31.2 0.0
Guyana 96 31.1 0.0
Chile 97 31.0 -0.9
Uruguay 98 30.9 0.0
Kazakhstan 99 30.8 2.3
Tunisia 99 30.8 0.0
Namibia 101 30.5 0.0
Mauritania 102 30.1 0.0
Mali 103 30.0 0.0
Philippines 103 30.0 -0.8
Nigeria 105 29.7 0.0
Turkiye 105 29.7 1.7
Pakistan 107 29.3 0.0
Djibouti 108 29.1 0.0
Gabon 109 29.0 0.0
Uzbekistan 110 28.7 0.0
Morocco 111 28.4 0.0
Liberia 112 28.2 0.0
Comoros 113 28.0 0.0
Sao Tome and Principe 114 27.8 0.0
Panama 115 27.5 1.8
Burkina Faso 116 27.4 0.0
El Salvador 116 27.4 -1.8
Jordan 118 27.3 0.0
Malta 119 27.1 0.0
Colombia 120 27.0 0.0
Cameroon 121 26.8 0.0
Indonesia 122 26.7 0.0
Argentina 123 26.6 0.0
Equatorial Guinea 124 26.4 0.0
Serbia 124 26.4 0.0
Togo 124 26.4 0.0
Mexico 127 26.3 0.0
Brazil 128 26.2 0.0
Angola 129 26.1 0.0
Peru 130 25.9 0.7
Honduras 131 25.7 0.0
Madagascar 131 25.7 0.0
Jamaica 133 25.5 0.0
Afghanistan 134 25.2 0.0
Egypt 134 25.2 0.0
Zambia 134 25.2 0.0
Guinea-Bissau 137 25.0 0.0
Armenia 138 24.8 1.3
Bolivia 139 24.5 -0.3
Senegal 139 24.5 0.0
Guatemala 141 24.3 0.0
Uganda 141 24.3 0.0
Tanzania 143 24.1 0.0
Burundi 144 24.0 0.0
Dem. Rep. Congo 145 23.9 0.0
Cote d'Ivoire 146 23.7 0.0
Cuba 147 23.5 1.4
Paraguay 148 23.4 0.0
Eswatini 149 22.8 0.0
Tajikistan 149 22.8 0.0
Oman 151 22.7 -11.1
Ukraine 152 22.2 -0.4
Vanuatu 153 21.9 0.0
Micronesia 154 21.8 0.0
Azerbaijan 155 21.6 -9.6
Haiti 155 21.6 0.0
Nicaragua 155 21.6 0.0
Eritrea 158 21.3 0.0
Central African Republic 159 20.7 0.0
Cabo Verde 160 20.2 0.0
United Arab Emirates 161 20.0 -9.5
Belize 162 19.6 0.0
Solomon Islands 163 19.4 0.0
Kiribati 164 18.8 0.0
Dominican Republic 165 18.3 0.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 166 17.7 0.0
Albania 167 16.4 0.0
Moldova 168 16.2 -1.0
Russia 169 15.5 0.0
Rwanda 170 15.0 0.0
Kyrgyzstan 171 14.8 -1.4
Maldives 172 13.4 0.0
Suriname 173 13.1 -0.6
Montenegro 174 12.7 0.0
Saint Lucia 175 12.5 0.8
Mongolia 176 12.3 0.7
Trinidad and Tobago 177 11.8 0.0
Venezuela 178 10.3 -4.3
Bahamas 179 8.7 0.0
Iraq 180 8.6 -2.3