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Waste management (Domestic Currency) by country

This dataset captures government spending on environmental protection efforts such as pollution abatement, biodiversity conservation, and waste management. These expenditures are classified according to the COFOG framework (Classification of the Functions of Government).

Countries reporting
91
Highest
2.57 trillion
Japan
Lowest
0
Ecuador
Median
257.00 million
Years covered
28
1995–2022
Data points
1,365

What the numbers show

Waste management (Domestic Currency) is currently reported for 91 countries. The highest value is 2.57 trillion in Japan; the lowest is 0 in Ecuador.

The median across all reporting countries is 257.00 million, and the mean is 39.48 billion.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Croatia (up 725.5%), and the largest decrease in Kosovo, Republic of (down 100.0%).

Waste management: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 2.57 trillion 2022 up 33.9% rising
2 Indonesia 284.00 billion 2019 β€” volatile
3 Colombia 266.00 billion 2020 up 18.2% rising
4 Hungary 228.00 billion 2021 up 357.3% volatile
5 TΓΌrkiye 21.06 billion 2022 up 377.4% volatile
6 Brazil 20.51 billion 2020 up 44.5% rising
7 Czechia 19.13 billion 2021 up 57.7% rising
8 Iceland 17.28 billion 2022 up 150.6% rising
9 Armenia 16.37 billion 2022 up 100.9% rising
10 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 15.60 billion 2021 β€” volatile
11 United Kingdom 13.64 billion 2022 up 24.5% rising
12 France 13.13 billion 2021 up 28.0% rising
13 Italy 11.07 billion 2021 up 34.7% rising
14 Norway 10.03 billion 2022 up 91.9% volatile
15 Spain 8.60 billion 2022 up 44.5% rising
16 Israel 7.08 billion 2022 up 53.9% rising
17 Sweden 6.75 billion 2021 up 24.5% rising
18 Germany 6.55 billion 2022 up 31.3% rising
19 Netherlands 5.45 billion 2022 up 40.3% rising
20 Equatorial Guinea 5.27 billion 2020 unchanged flat
21 Russia 4.70 billion 2020 up 120.5% volatile
22 Canada 4.37 billion 2022 up 16.8% rising
23 Albania 4.10 billion 2021 β€” volatile
24 Romania 3.76 billion 2021 up 115.7% volatile
25 Poland 3.06 billion 2021 up 98.6% rising
26 Philippines 2.76 billion 2020 up 125.2% rising
27 Australia 2.17 billion 2022 up 97.6% volatile
28 United Arab Emirates 2.04 billion 2022 down 57.1% falling
29 Belgium 2.01 billion 2021 up 28.3% rising
30 Mauritius 1.95 billion 2022 β€” flat
31 New Zealand 1.74 billion 2020 up 15.6% rising
32 Greece 1.43 billion 2021 up 18.2% rising
33 South Africa 1.35 billion 2022 up 115.8% rising
34 Switzerland 1.10 billion 2022 down 6.3% flat
35 Mongolia 1.08 billion 2021 β€” volatile
36 Dominican Republic 1.02 billion 2022 up 215.2% volatile
37 Bulgaria 855.53 million 2021 up 91.2% volatile
38 Jamaica 845.18 million 2015 β€” volatile
39 Ukraine 745.60 million 2022 up 98.2% volatile
40 Thailand 722.20 million 2022 up 23.9% falling
41 Denmark 651.00 million 2022 down 0.9% rising
42 Angola 638.86 million 2019 down 97.8% volatile
43 Portugal 555.26 million 2021 up 19.6% rising
44 Guatemala 494.44 million 2022 up 69.2% rising
45 Slovak Republic 365.85 million 2021 up 26.3% rising
46 Georgia 257.00 million 2022 up 658.1% volatile
47 Seychelles 244.13 million 2020 up 72.0% rising
48 Austria 225.62 million 2022 up 42.3% volatile
49 Azerbaijan 209.90 million 2021 β€” volatile
50 Croatia 199.13 million 2021 up 725.5% volatile
51 Burkina Faso 167.20 million 2022 down 77.5% volatile
52 Luxembourg 157.67 million 2022 up 49.6% rising
53 Lithuania 135.24 million 2021 up 68.8% volatile
54 Latvia 117.42 million 2021 up 41.6% volatile
55 Malta 91.71 million 2021 up 104.7% rising
56 Estonia 85.80 million 2021 up 49.5% volatile
57 Ireland 64.58 million 2021 down 1.0% volatile
58 Cyprus 62.60 million 2021 up 11.0% rising
59 Finland 60.00 million 2021 up 5.3% falling
60 Zambia 42.81 million 2021 β€” volatile
61 Moldova 41.00 million 2022 down 87.0% volatile
62 El Salvador 31.00 million 2021 up 43.5% rising
63 Slovenia 24.15 million 2021 down 39.7% volatile
64 Panama 8.94 million 2021 down 76.8% falling
65 Papua New Guinea 7.73 million 2022 down 98.3% volatile
66 Cook Islands 828,000 2022 down 35.5% volatile
67 Palau 500,000 2019 down 88.1% falling
68 Solomon Islands 401,473 2020 up 242.4% volatile
69 Jordan 200,000 2022 β€” volatile
70 Marshall Islands 120,673 2019 β€” volatile
71 Nauru 43,487 2018 β€” volatile
72 Singapore 0 2022 β€” flat
72 Uganda 0 2022 β€” flat
72 Andorra 0 2022 β€” flat
72 Kosovo, Republic of 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
72 Nepal 0 2021 β€” volatile
72 Argentina 0 2022 β€” flat
72 Namibia 0 2022 β€” flat
72 Maldives 0 2004 β€” flat
72 Kuwait 0 2015 β€” flat
72 Kyrgyzstan 0 2022 β€” flat
72 Kenya 0 2021 β€” flat
72 Kazakhstan 0 2021 β€” volatile
72 Bahrain 0 2004 β€” flat
72 Bahamas 0 2022 β€” flat
72 Belarus 0 2022 β€” flat
72 Bhutan 0 2007 β€” flat
72 Micronesia 0 2020 β€” flat
72 Ethiopia 0 2022 β€” flat
72 Chile 0 2022 β€” flat
72 Ecuador 0 2022 β€” flat

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Indicator
Waste management (Domestic Currency)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
91 places, 1,365 data points, 1995–2022
Last refreshed

This dataset captures government spending on environmental protection efforts such as pollution abatement, biodiversity conservation, and waste management. These expenditures are classified according to the COFOG framework (Classification of the Functions of Government).