How the numbers were computed

For the story Municipal waste.

Every number in the story is a Eurostat value or is computed from Eurostat values. Each value is named by dataset, Eurostat key and period. Each request is kept as received.

The ranking

Ranks

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. Lithuania and Latvia, at 462 kg per person each, are both 19th, and Finland is 21st.

26 values, one per country env_wasmun:A.GEN.KG_HAB.<geo>@2024 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1

2.1

Highest value ÷ lowest value: 775 ÷ 375 = 2.0667. Rounded to 1 decimal.

775: Austria, 2024 env_wasmun:A.GEN.KG_HAB.AT@2024 · request r1
375: Estonia, 2024 env_wasmun:A.GEN.KG_HAB.EE@2024 · request r1

26 / 27

EU countries with a value for 2024: 26 of the 27 EU member states.

26 values, one per country env_wasmun:A.GEN.KG_HAB.<geo>@2024 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1

Recycled, incinerated or landfilled

Values, Recycled, incinerated or landfilled

The values as Eurostat publishes them, one per country and group.

27 values, one per country env_wasmun:A.RCY.KG_HAB.<geo>@2024 (<geo> is the country code) · request r2
27 values, one per country env_wasmun:A.DSP_I_RCV_E.KG_HAB.<geo>@2024 (<geo> is the country code) · request r2
27 values, one per country env_wasmun:A.DSP_L_OTH.KG_HAB.<geo>@2024 (<geo> is the country code) · request r2

Ranks, landfilled

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. There are no ties in this ranking.

26 values, one per country env_wasmun:A.DSP_L_OTH.KG_HAB.<geo>@2024 (<geo> is the country code) · request r2