Municipal waste by waste management operations

In 2024, Finland's municipal waste by waste management operations decreased by 2.4% compared to 2023, reaching 457.0.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 517.0.

Finland ranks 15th out of 20 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 19.3% (from 566.0 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset env_wasmun, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.