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| Afghanistan | municipal solid waste generated annually: 5,628,525 tons (2016 est.) |
| Albania | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,142,964 tons (2015 est.) |
| Algeria | municipal solid waste generated annually: 12,378,740 tons (2016 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 990,299 tons (2013 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 8% (2013 est.) |
| American Samoa | municipal solid waste generated annually: 18,989 tons (2016 est.) |
| Andorra | municipal solid waste generated annually: 43,000 tons (2012 est.) |
| Angola | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4,213,644 tons (2012 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | municipal solid waste generated annually: 30,585 tons (2012 est.) |
| Argentina | municipal solid waste generated annually: 17,910,550 tons (2014 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 1,074,633 tons (2010 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 6% (2010 est.) |
| Armenia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 492,800 tons (2014 est.) |
| Aruba | municipal solid waste generated annually: 88,132 tons (2013 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 9,695 tons (2013 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 11% (2013 est.) |
| Australia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 13.345 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 5,618,245 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 42.1% (2015 est.) |
| Austria | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4.836 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 1,240,918 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 25.7% (2015 est.) |
| Azerbaijan | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,930,349 tons (2015 est.) |
| Bahamas, The | municipal solid waste generated annually: 264,000 tons (2015 est.) |
| Bahrain | municipal solid waste generated annually: 951,943 tons (2016 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 76,155 tons (2012 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 8% (2012 est.) |
| Bangladesh | municipal solid waste generated annually: 14,778,497 tons (2012 est.) |
| Barbados | municipal solid waste generated annually: 174,815 tons (2011 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 15,733 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 9% (2015 est.) |
| Belarus | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4.28 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 684,800 tons (2016 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 16% (2016 est.) |
| Belgium | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4.708 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 1,614,985 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 34.3% (2015 est.) |
| Belize | municipal solid waste generated annually: 101,379 tons (2015 est.) |
| Benin | municipal solid waste generated annually: 685,936 tons (1993 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 171,484 tons (2005 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 25% (2005 est.) |
| Bermuda | municipal solid waste generated annually: 82,000 tons (2012 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 1,640 tons (2012 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 2% (2012 est.) |
| Bhutan | municipal solid waste generated annually: 111,314 tons (2007 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 957 tons (2016 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 0.9% (2016 est.) |
| Bolivia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,219,052 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 268,727 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 12.1% (2015 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,248,718 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 12 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 0% (2015 est.) |
| Botswana | municipal solid waste generated annually: 210,854 tons (2010 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2,109 tons (2005 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 1% (2005 est.) |
| Brazil | municipal solid waste generated annually: 79,889,010 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 1,118,446 tons (2014 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 1.4% (2014 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands | municipal solid waste generated annually: 21,099 tons (2000 est.) |
| Brunei | municipal solid waste generated annually: 216,253 tons (2016 est.) |
| Bulgaria | municipal solid waste generated annually: 3.011 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 572,993 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 19% (2015 est.) |
| Burkina Faso | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,575,251 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 309,030 tons (2005 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 12% (2005 est.) |
| Burma | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4,677,307 tons (2000 est.) |
| Burundi | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,872,016 tons (2002 est.) |
| Cambodia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1.089 million tons (2014 est.) |
| Cameroon | municipal solid waste generated annually: 3,270,617 tons (2013 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 13,082 tons (2009 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 0.4% (2009 est.) |
| Canada | municipal solid waste generated annually: 25,103,034 tons (2014 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 5,168,715 tons (2008 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 20.6% (2008 est.) |
| Cayman Islands | municipal solid waste generated annually: 60,000 tons (2014 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 12,600 tons (2013 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 21% (2013 est.) |
| Central African Republic | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,105,983 tons (2014 est.) |
| Chad | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,358,851 tons (2010 est.) |
| Chile | municipal solid waste generated annually: 6.517 million tons (2009 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 24,113 tons (2009 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 0.4% (2009 est.) |
| China | municipal solid waste generated annually: 210 million tons (2015 est.) |
| Colombia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 12,150,120 tons (2011 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2,089,821 tons (2013 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 17.2% (2013 est.) |
| Comoros | municipal solid waste generated annually: 91,013 tons (2015 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | municipal solid waste generated annually: 14,385,226 tons (2016 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 704,876 tons (2005 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 4.9% (2005 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the | municipal solid waste generated annually: 451,200 tons (1993 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 118,214 tons (2005 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 26.2% (2005 est.) |
| Costa Rica | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1.46 million tons (2014 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 18,396 tons (2014 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 1.3% (2014 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4,440,814 tons (2010 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 133,224 tons (2005 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 3% (2005 est.) |
| Croatia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1.654 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 269,933 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 16.3% (2015 est.) |
| Cuba | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,692,692 tons (2007 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 255,536 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 9.5% (2015 est.) |
| Curacao | municipal solid waste generated annually: 24,704 tons (2013 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 494 tons (2013 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 2% (2013 est.) |
| Cyprus | municipal solid waste generated annually: 541,000 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 72,007 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 13.3% (2015 est.) |
| Denmark | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4.485 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 1,223,060 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 27.3% (2015 est.) |
| Djibouti | municipal solid waste generated annually: 114,997 tons (2002 est.) |
| Dominica | municipal solid waste generated annually: 13,176 tons (2013 est.) |
| Dominican Republic | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4,063,910 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 333,241 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 8.2% (2015 est.) |
| Ecuador | municipal solid waste generated annually: 5,297,211 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 683,340 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 12.9% (2015 est.) |
| Egypt | municipal solid waste generated annually: 21 million tons (2012 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2.625 million tons (2013 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 12.5% (2013 est.) |
| El Salvador | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,648,996 tons (2010 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea | municipal solid waste generated annually: 198,443 tons (2016 est.) |
| Eritrea | municipal solid waste generated annually: 726,957 tons (2011 est.) |
| Estonia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 473,000 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 117,020 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 24.7% (2015 est.) |
| Ethiopia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 6,532,787 tons (2015 est.) |
| Faroe Islands | municipal solid waste generated annually: 61,000 tons (2014 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 40,870 tons (2012 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 67% (2012 est.) |
| Fiji | municipal solid waste generated annually: 189,390 tons (2011 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 10,322 tons (2013 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 5.5% (2013 est.) |
| Finland | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2.738 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 769,926 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 28.1% (2015 est.) |
| France | municipal solid waste generated annually: 33.399 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 7,434,617 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 22.3% (2015 est.) |
| French Polynesia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 147,000 tons (2013 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 57,330 tons (2013 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 39% (2013 est.) |
| Gabon | municipal solid waste generated annually: 238,102 tons (1995 est.) |
| Gambia, The | municipal solid waste generated annually: 193,441 tons (2002 est.) |
| Gaza Strip | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1.387 million tons (2016 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 6,935 tons (2013 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 0.5% (2013 est.) note: data represent combined total from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. |
| Georgia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 800,000 tons (2015 est.) |
| Germany | municipal solid waste generated annually: 51.046 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 24,415,302 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 47.8% (2015 est.) |
| Ghana | municipal solid waste generated annually: 3,538,275 tons (2005 est.) |
| Gibraltar | municipal solid waste generated annually: 16,954 tons (2012 est.) |
| Greece | municipal solid waste generated annually: 5,477,424 tons (2014 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 1,040,711 tons (2014 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 19% (2014 est.) |
| Greenland | municipal solid waste generated annually: 50,000 tons (2010 est.) |
| Grenada | municipal solid waste generated annually: 29,536 tons (2012 est.) |
| Guam | municipal solid waste generated annually: 141,500 tons (2012 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 25,258 tons (2011 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 17.9% (2011 est.) |
| Guatemala | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,756,741 tons (2015 est.) |
| Guernsey | municipal solid waste generated annually: 178,933 tons (2016 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 50,871 tons (2016 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 28.4% (2016 est.) note: data include combined totals for Guernsey and Jersey. |
| Guinea | municipal solid waste generated annually: 596,911 tons (1996 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 29,846 tons (2005 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 5% (2005 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau | municipal solid waste generated annually: 289,514 tons (2015 est.) |
| Guyana | municipal solid waste generated annually: 179,252 tons (2010 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 968 tons (2010 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 0.5% (2010 est.) |
| Haiti | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,309,852 tons (2015 est.) |
| Honduras | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,162,028 tons (2016 est.) |
| Hong Kong | municipal solid waste generated annually: 5,679,816 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 1,931,138 tons (2016 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 34% (2016 est.) |
| Hungary | municipal solid waste generated annually: 3.712 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 962,893 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 25.9% (2015 est.) |
| Iceland | municipal solid waste generated annually: 525,000 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 293,003 tons (2013 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 55.8% (2013 est.) |
| India | municipal solid waste generated annually: 168,403,240 tons (2001 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 8,420,162 tons (2013 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 5% (2013 est.) |
| Indonesia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 65.2 million tons (2016 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 4.564 million tons (2016 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 7% (2016 est.) |
| Iran | municipal solid waste generated annually: 17.885 million tons (2017 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 894,250 tons (2017 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 5% (2017 est.) |
| Iraq | municipal solid waste generated annually: 13.14 million tons (2015 est.) |
| Ireland | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,692,537 tons (2012 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 888,537 tons (2012 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 33% (2012 est.) |
| Israel | municipal solid waste generated annually: 5.4 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 1.35 million tons (2017 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 25% (2017 est.) |
| Italy | municipal solid waste generated annually: 29.524 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 7,646,716 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 25.9% (2015 est.) |
| Jamaica | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,051,695 tons (2016 est.) |
| Japan | municipal solid waste generated annually: 43.981 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2,155,069 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 4.9% (2015 est.) |
| Jersey | municipal solid waste generated annually: 178,933 tons (2016 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 50,871 tons (2016 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 28.4% (2016 est.) note: data include combined totals for Guernsey and Jersey. |
| Jordan | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,529,997 tons (2013 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 177,100 tons (2014 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 7% (2014 est.) |
| Kazakhstan | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4,659,740 tons (2012 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 136,064 tons (2012 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 2.9% (2012 est.) |
| Kenya | municipal solid waste generated annually: 5,595,099 tons (2010 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 447,608 tons (2009 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 8% (2009 est.) |
| Kiribati | municipal solid waste generated annually: 35,724 tons (2016 est.) |
| Korea, South | municipal solid waste generated annually: 18,218,975 tons (2014 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 10,567,006 tons (2014 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 58% (2014 est.) |
| Kosovo | municipal solid waste generated annually: 319,000 tons (2015 est.) |
| Kuwait | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1.75 million tons (2010 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,113,300 tons (2015 est.) |
| Laos | municipal solid waste generated annually: 351,900 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 35,190 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 10% (2015 est.) |
| Latvia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 857,000 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 181,941 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 21.2% (2015 est.) |
| Lebanon | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2.04 million tons (2014 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 163,200 tons (2014 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 8% (2014 est.) |
| Lesotho | municipal solid waste generated annually: 73,457 tons (2006 est.) |
| Liberia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 564,467 tons (2007 est.) |
| Libya | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,147,596 tons (2011 est.) |
| Liechtenstein | municipal solid waste generated annually: 32,382 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 20,919 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 64.6% (2015 est.) |
| Lithuania | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1.3 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 297,960 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 22.9% (2015 est.) |
| Luxembourg | municipal solid waste generated annually: 356,000 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 100,997 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 28.4% (2015 est.) |
| Macau | municipal solid waste generated annually: 377,942 tons (2016 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 75,588 tons (2014 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 20% (2014 est.) |
| Madagascar | municipal solid waste generated annually: 3,768,759 tons (2016 est.) |
| Malawi | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,297,844 tons (2013 est.) |
| Malaysia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 12,982,685 tons (2014 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2,271,970 tons (2016 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 17.5% (2016 est.) |
| Maldives | municipal solid waste generated annually: 211,506 tons (2015 est.) |
| Mali | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,937,354 tons (2012 est.) |
| Malta | municipal solid waste generated annually: 269,000 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 17,996 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 6.7% (2015 est.) |
| Marshall Islands | municipal solid waste generated annually: 8,614 tons (2013 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2,653 tons (2007 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 30.8% (2007 est.) |
| Mauritania | municipal solid waste generated annually: 454,000 tons (2009 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 36,320 tons (2009 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 8% (2009 est.) |
| Mauritius | municipal solid waste generated annually: 438,000 tons (2016 est.) |
| Mexico | municipal solid waste generated annually: 53.1 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2.655 million tons (2013 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 5% (2013 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | municipal solid waste generated annually: 26,040 tons (2016 est.) |
| Moldova | municipal solid waste generated annually: 3,981,200 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 609,920 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 15.3% (2015 est.) |
| Monaco | municipal solid waste generated annually: 46,000 tons (2012 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2,484 tons (2012 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 5.4% (2012 est.) |
| Mongolia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2.9 million tons (2016 est.) |
| Montenegro | municipal solid waste generated annually: 332,000 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 17,994 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 5.4% (2015 est.) |
| Morocco | municipal solid waste generated annually: 6.852 million tons (2014 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 548,160 tons (2014 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 8% (2014 est.) note: data does not include former Western Sahara |
| Mozambique | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2.5 million tons (2014 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 25,000 tons (2014 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 1% (2014 est.) |
| Namibia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 256,729 tons (1993 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 11,553 tons (2005 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 4.5% (2005 est.) |
| Nauru | municipal solid waste generated annually: 6,192 tons (2016 est.) |
| Nepal | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,768,977 tons (2016 est.) |
| Netherlands | municipal solid waste generated annually: 8.855 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2,179,216 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 24.6% (2015 est.) |
| New Caledonia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 108,157 tons (2016 est.) |
| New Zealand | municipal solid waste generated annually: 3.405 million tons (2016 est.) |
| Nicaragua | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,528,816 tons (2010 est.) |
| Niger | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,865,646 tons (1993 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 74,626 tons (2005 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 4% (2005 est.) |
| Nigeria | municipal solid waste generated annually: 27,614,830 tons (2009 est.) |
| Northern Mariana Islands | municipal solid waste generated annually: 32,761 tons (2013 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 11,794 tons (2016 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 36% (2016 est.) |
| Norway | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2.187 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 572,119 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 26.2% (2015 est.) |
| Oman | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,734,885 tons (2014 est.) |
| Pakistan | municipal solid waste generated annually: 30.76 million tons (2017 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2,460,800 tons (2017 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 8% (2017 est.) |
| Palau | municipal solid waste generated annually: 9,427 tons (2016 est.) |
| Panama | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,472,262 tons (2015 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1 million tons (2014 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 20,000 tons (2016 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 2% (2016 est.) |
| Paraguay | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,818,501 tons (2015 est.) |
| Peru | municipal solid waste generated annually: 8,356,711 tons (2014 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 334,268 tons (2012 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 4% (2012 est.) |
| Philippines | municipal solid waste generated annually: 14,631,923 tons (2016 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 4,096,938 tons (2014 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 28% (2014 est.) |
| Poland | municipal solid waste generated annually: 10.863 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2,866,746 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 26.4% (2015 est.) |
| Portugal | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4.71 million tons (2014 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 764,433 tons (2014 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 16.2% (2014 est.) |
| Puerto Rico | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4,170,953 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 583,933 tons (2013 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 14% (2013 est.) |
| Qatar | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,000,990 tons (2012 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 30,030 tons (2014 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 3% (2014 est.) |
| Romania | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4.895 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 277,547 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 5.7% (2015 est.) |
| Russia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 60 million tons (2012 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2.7 million tons (2012 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 4.5% (2012 est.) |
| Rwanda | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4,384,969 tons (2016 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | municipal solid waste generated annually: 32,892 tons (2015 est.) |
| Saint Lucia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 77,616 tons (2015 est.) |
| Saint Martin | municipal solid waste generated annually: 15,480 tons (2012 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | municipal solid waste generated annually: 31,561 tons (2015 est.) |
| Samoa | municipal solid waste generated annually: 27,399 tons (2011 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 9,864 tons (2013 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 36% (2013 est.) |
| San Marino | municipal solid waste generated annually: 17,175 tons (2016 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 7,737 tons (2016 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 45.1% (2016 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | municipal solid waste generated annually: 25,587 tons (2014 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 16,125,701 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2,418,855 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 15% (2015 est.) |
| Senegal | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,454,059 tons (2016 est.) |
| Serbia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1.84 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 13,984 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 0.8% (2015 est.) |
| Seychelles | municipal solid waste generated annually: 48,000 tons (2012 est.) |
| Sierra Leone | municipal solid waste generated annually: 610,222 tons (2004 est.) |
| Singapore | municipal solid waste generated annually: 7,704,300 tons (2017 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 4,699,623 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 61% (2015 est.) |
| Sint Maarten | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,326,099 tons (2014 est.) |
| Slovakia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1.784 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 135,941 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 7.6% (2015 est.) |
| Slovenia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 926,000 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 430,034 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 46.4% (2015 est.) |
| Solomon Islands | municipal solid waste generated annually: 179,972 tons (2013 est.) |
| Somalia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,326,099 tons (2016 est.) |
| South Africa | municipal solid waste generated annually: 18,457,232 tons (2011 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 5,168,025 tons (2011 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 28% (2011 est.) |
| South Sudan | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,680,681 tons (2013 est.) |
| Spain | municipal solid waste generated annually: 20.151 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 3,393,428 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 16.8% (2015 est.) |
| Sri Lanka | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,631,650 tons (2016 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 336,588 tons (2016 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 12.8% (2016 est.) |
| Sudan | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,831,291 tons (2015 est.) |
| Suriname | municipal solid waste generated annually: 78,620 tons (2010 est.) |
| Sweden | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4.377 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 1,416,835 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 32.4% (2015 est.) |
| Switzerland | municipal solid waste generated annually: 6.056 million tons (2016 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 1,937,920 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 32% (2015 est.) |
| Syria | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4.5 million tons (2009 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 112,500 tons (2010 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 2.5% (2010 est.) |
| Taiwan | municipal solid waste generated annually: 7.336 million tons (2015 est.) |
| Tajikistan | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,787,400 tons (2013 est.) |
| Tanzania | municipal solid waste generated annually: 9,276,995 tons (2012 est.) |
| Thailand | municipal solid waste generated annually: 26,853,366 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 5,128,993 tons (2012 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 19.1% (2012 est.) |
| Togo | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,109,030 tons (2014 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 22,181 tons (2012 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 2% (2012 est.) |
| Tonga | municipal solid waste generated annually: 17,238 tons (2012 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | municipal solid waste generated annually: 727,874 tons (2010 est.) |
| Tunisia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2.7 million tons (2014 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 108,000 tons (2014 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 4% (2014 est.) |
| Turkey | municipal solid waste generated annually: 31.283 million tons (2015 est.) |
| Turkmenistan | municipal solid waste generated annually: 500,000 tons (2013 est.) |
| Tuvalu | municipal solid waste generated annually: 3,989 tons (2011 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 598 tons (2013 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 15% (2013 est.) |
| Uganda | municipal solid waste generated annually: 7,045,050 tons (2016 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 422,703 tons (2017 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 6% (2017 est.) |
| Ukraine | municipal solid waste generated annually: 15,242,025 tons (2016 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 487,745 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 3.2% (2015 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates | municipal solid waste generated annually: 5,413,453 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 1,082,691 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 20% (2015 est.) |
| United Kingdom | municipal solid waste generated annually: 31.567 million tons (2014 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 8,602,008 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 27.3% (2015 est.) |
| United States | municipal solid waste generated annually: 258 million tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 89.268 million tons (2014 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 34.6% (2014 est.) |
| Uruguay | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,260,140 tons (2012 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 100,811 tons (2011 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 8% (2011 est.) |
| Uzbekistan | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4 million tons (2016 est.) |
| Vanuatu | municipal solid waste generated annually: 70,225 tons (2012 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 25,983 tons (2013 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 37% (2013 est.) |
| Venezuela | municipal solid waste generated annually: 9,779,093 tons (2010 est.) |
| Vietnam | municipal solid waste generated annually: 9,570,300 tons (2011 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 2,201,169 tons (2014 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 23% (2014 est.) |
| Virgin Islands | municipal solid waste generated annually: 146,500 tons (2012 est.) |
| West Bank | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1.387 million tons (2016 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 6,935 tons (2013 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 0.5% (2013 est.) note: data represent combined total from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. |
| Yemen | municipal solid waste generated annually: 4,836,820 tons (2011 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 386,946 tons (2016 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 8% (2016 est.) |
| Zambia | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,608,268 tons (2002 est.) |
| Zimbabwe | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,449,752 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 231,960 tons (2005 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 16% (2005 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
