Recycling rate of municipal waste in Germany, 2022

Recycling rate of municipal waste in 2022: Annual value — 69.6 %. Comparison with the previous year and position in the series history. Official data — Eurostat.

Recycling rate of municipal waste in 2022 — neighbouring years chart, Annual value 69.6 %, source Eurostat — Recycling rate of municipal waste in 2022 — value in the context of neighbouring years. Source: Eurostat. forecasteconomy.com

Recycling rate of municipal waste in 2022

Value: 69.6 %
Change vs 2021: −1.8 % (−2.52 %)
Position in history: above the 25-year average (average — 63.6 %)
Series maximum — 71.4 % in 2021 (1 years ago)
Series minimum — 52.3 % in 2001 (21 years ago)
Value date: 1 January 2022
Source: Eurostat

Dynamics over neighbouring years

Year	Value, %
2015	66.7
2016	67.1
2017	67.2
2018	67.1
2019	66.7
2020	70.3
2021	71.4
2022	69.6
2023	68.7
2024	66.9

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