Recycling rates by country explained

The following table gives the percentages of municipal waste that is recycled, incinerated, incinerated to produce energy and landfilled.^[1]

Recycling rates by country 2019

Country	data-sort-type="number"	% recycling	data-sort-type="number"	% composting	data-sort-type="number"	% incineration with energy recovery	data-sort-type="number"	% incineration without energy recovery	data-sort-type="number"	% other recovery	data-sort-type="number"	% landfill	data-sort-type="number"	% other disposal
	24.6	19.8	0.6	0	9.5	55	0
	26.5	32.6	38.9	0	0	2.1	0
	34.1	20.6	42.3	0.5	1.6	0	0
	3	3.8	0	0	0	86.5	6.7
	22.8	11.7	16.9	0	0.6	47.9	0
	33.5	18	47.5	0	0.6	0	0
	30.3	2.7	48.4	0	0	18.1	0
	29.3	14.1	55.6	0	0	0	0
	23.6	20.7	32.9	0	0	22	0
	48	18.7	31.6	0	0	0	1.2
	16	5	1.3	0	0	77.7	0
	26.5	9.3	13.6	0	0	50.6	0
	28.2	9.7	46.5	0	0	15.5	0
	6.8	15.1	1.7	0	0	76.5	0
	32.5	22.9	20.5	0.6	1	22.5	0
	19.2	0.4	74.9	4.7	0	0	0
	35.4	4.9	3.3	0	0	56.4	0
	31.3	25.2	16.8	0	2.2	24.5	0
	29.7	19.2	46.7	0	0	4.4	0
	27.7	29.2	40.6	1.1	0	1.4	0
	29.9	11	49.5	0	6	3.7	0
	25	9	21.5	1.4	0	43	0
	12.8	17.6	19.8	0	0	49.8	0
	26.9	11.7	55	3.7	0	52.2	0
	51.5	20.3	15.7	0	0	12.4	0
	56.5	3.2	21.7	4	0	12.7	1.9
	19.7	18.3	11	0	0	51.1	0
	32.5	14.2	52.6	0	0	0	0
	29.9	23.1	47	0	0	0	0
	11.9	0.4	0	0	0	87.7	0
	26.9	17.4	39.3	2	0.4	11.2	0
^[2] ^[3]	23.6	8.5	11.8	0	6.1	50	0

Notes and References

1. Web site: Environment at a Glance 2020: OECD Indicators - Circular economy - waste and materials. 22 May 2021. OECD Publishing. 2 June 2022.
2. Data from 2018
3. Web site: Biomass explained. November 2020. eia.gov. 7 July 2022.