PT · 2017 · ten00063
Recycling rates for packaging waste
Portugal, 2017
In 2017, Portugal's recycling rates for packaging waste decreased by 9.2% compared to 2016, reaching 55.3.
Portugal accounts for 81.9% of the EU-27 total of 67.5.
Portugal ranks 23rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.8% (from 56.9 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset ten00063, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.