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Waste Recovery Rate

We assess the quality of municipal solid waste management by rewarding waste treatment methods that mitigate environmental impacts and recover materials and energy (composting, anaerobic digestion, incineration with energy recovery, and recyling), thereby contributing to a circular economy.

country rank Score 10y ∆
Switzerland 1 100.0 1.0
Denmark 2 99.9 1.1
Finland 3 99.4 2.7
Sweden 4 99.2 -0.2
Belgium 5 98.9 4.0
Germany 5 98.9 4.5
Netherlands 7 97.7 0.2
Austria 8 97.6 2.4
Singapore 9 96.7 -0.5
Taiwan 9 96.7 -1.4
Luxembourg 11 95.9 0.5
Japan 12 94.4 1.7
Norway 13 87.3 -3.6
United Kingdom 14 85.2 7.7
Ireland 15 82.6 12.5
South Korea 16 82.0 -1.6
Estonia 17 79.0 1.9
Lithuania 18 78.3 13.7
France 19 75.2 4.4
Italy 20 70.2 11.5
Slovenia 21 68.9 -4.6
Poland 22 60.0 7.0
Kuwait 23 59.6 -19.4
Slovakia 24 57.0 23.6
Barbados 25 56.2 31.5
Czech Republic 26 54.5 4.6
Portugal 27 50.4 0.0
Spain 28 48.1 2.2
Hungary 29 47.3 -2.1
United States of America 30 44.0 -3.7
Australia 31 41.1 -2.0
Latvia 32 40.1 16.9
Bulgaria 33 39.8 4.2
Iceland 34 34.7 1.1
Bahrain 35 34.0 34.0
New Zealand 36 33.6 0.0
Malaysia 37 32.2 13.9
Belarus 38 31.1 19.2
Viet Nam 39 27.4 0.0
Thailand 40 26.0 0.7
Oman 41 24.7 -7.6
Canada 42 24.4 0.0
Qatar 43 23.6 -0.7
Israel 44 23.5 3.1
Lebanon 45 23.0 0.0
Greece 46 22.4 4.7
Marshall Islands 47 22.1 0.0
Croatia 48 17.8 0.0
Romania 49 17.1 -0.6
Iran 50 17.0 0.0
Cyprus 51 16.6 0.0
South Africa 52 16.5 0.0
Saudi Arabia 53 15.0 0.0
Kazakhstan 54 13.0 5.2
Philippines 55 12.8 -0.9
Azerbaijan 56 12.6 -6.3
Turkiye 57 12.3 3.1
Ecuador 58 11.8 -2.2
Algeria 59 10.5 0.2
Republic of Congo 60 10.3 0.0
India 61 9.3 0.0
Sri Lanka 62 8.9 0.0
Colombia 63 8.8 0.0
Cuba 64 7.9 -2.0
Uruguay 65 7.8 0.0
Dominican Republic 66 7.1 0.0
Egypt 67 6.5 0.0
Malta 67 6.5 0.0
Samoa 67 6.5 1.9
Mongolia 70 6.4 0.0
Morocco 71 6.3 0.0
Bhutan 72 6.2 0.5
Jordan 72 6.2 0.0
Argentina 74 6.0 0.0
Tunisia 75 5.9 0.0
United Arab Emirates 75 5.9 -18.3
Bolivia 77 5.5 -0.4
Laos 77 5.5 0.0
Albania 79 5.3 0.0
Tonga 79 5.3 0.0
Kenya 81 5.2 -4.8
Cambodia 82 5.1 0.0
Myanmar 83 5.0 0.0
Timor-Leste 83 5.0 0.0
Micronesia 85 4.9 0.0
Dominica 86 4.8 -0.2
Iraq 86 4.8 0.0
Ghana 88 4.7 -0.1
Kiribati 88 4.7 0.0
Mexico 88 4.7 0.0
Solomon Islands 88 4.7 0.0
Georgia 92 4.6 0.0
Armenia 93 4.5 0.0
China 93 4.5 -0.6
Vanuatu 95 4.4 0.0
Turkmenistan 96 4.3 0.0
Fiji 97 4.2 -0.2
Montenegro 98 4.1 0.0
Russia 99 4.0 0.0
Sudan 99 4.0 0.0
Pakistan 101 3.6 0.0
Uzbekistan 102 3.5 0.0
Costa Rica 103 3.2 0.0
Kyrgyzstan 103 3.2 0.0
Bangladesh 105 3.1 0.1
Indonesia 105 3.1 0.0
Tajikistan 105 3.1 0.0
Zimbabwe 108 3.0 0.0
Bahamas 109 2.9 0.0
Moldova 109 2.9 0.6
Panama 111 2.8 0.0
Maldives 112 2.7 0.0
Mauritius 112 2.7 -8.2
Namibia 112 2.7 0.0
Brunei Darussalam 115 2.5 0.0
Afghanistan 116 2.4 0.0
Seychelles 117 2.3 0.0
Uganda 118 2.2 0.0
Guinea 119 1.8 0.0
Peru 119 1.8 1.1
Cote d'Ivoire 121 1.5 0.0
Paraguay 121 1.5 0.0
Belize 123 1.4 0.0
Brazil 123 1.4 0.0
El Salvador 123 1.4 0.0
Equatorial Guinea 123 1.4 0.0
Gabon 123 1.4 0.0
Jamaica 123 1.4 0.0
Mauritania 123 1.4 0.0
Guatemala 130 1.3 0.0
Ukraine 130 1.3 -0.5
Burkina Faso 132 1.2 0.0
Cabo Verde 132 1.2 0.0
Eswatini 132 1.2 0.0
Honduras 132 1.2 0.0
Nicaragua 132 1.2 0.0
Papua New Guinea 132 1.2 0.0
Suriname 132 1.2 -0.7
Togo 132 1.2 0.0
Venezuela 132 1.2 0.0
Angola 141 1.1 0.0
Djibouti 141 1.1 0.0
Haiti 141 1.1 0.0
Nigeria 141 1.1 0.0
Chad 145 1.0 0.0
Comoros 145 1.0 0.0
Dem. Rep. Congo 145 1.0 0.0
Eritrea 145 1.0 0.0
Ethiopia 145 1.0 0.0
Gambia 145 1.0 0.0
Guinea-Bissau 145 1.0 0.0
Lesotho 145 1.0 0.0
Liberia 145 1.0 0.0
Malawi 145 1.0 0.0
Mali 145 1.0 0.0
Nepal 145 1.0 0.0
Rwanda 145 1.0 0.0
Sao Tome and Principe 145 1.0 0.0
Senegal 145 1.0 0.0
Sierra Leone 145 1.0 0.0
Tanzania 145 1.0 0.0
Zambia 145 1.0 0.0
Burundi 163 0.9 0.0
Central African Republic 163 0.9 0.0
Niger 163 0.9 0.0
Trinidad and Tobago 166 0.7 0.0
Madagascar 167 0.6 0.0
Chile 168 0.5 0.1
Guyana 168 0.5 0.0
Mozambique 168 0.5 0.0
Serbia 168 0.5 0.0
Botswana 172 0.3 0.0
Cameroon 173 0.2 0.0
Grenada 173 0.2 0.0
North Macedonia 173 0.2 0.0
Benin 176 0.1 0.1
Saint Lucia 176 0.1 0.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 176 0.1 0.0
Antigua and Barbuda 179 0.0 0.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 179 0.0 0.0