What percentage of municipal waste is recovered by material recycling?
Top group
Score
Material Recycling
10
South Korea
10.0
9
Germany
9.2
Upper middle group
8
Slovenia
8.1
7
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6
Belgium
6.8
Ireland
6.2
Denmark
6.2
Norway
6.1
Switzerland
6.1
Sweden
6.0
Lower middle group
5
Finland
5.8
Hungary
5.8
Italy
5.8
Australia
5.7
Luxembourg
5.7
Bulgaria
5.6
UK
5.5
Czechia
5.5
Netherlands
5.5
Slovakia
5.4
Poland
5.3
Austria
5.2
USA
5.2
France
5.2
Lithuania
5.0
Estonia
5.0
4
Croatia
4.7
Japan
4.3
Canada
4.2
Latvia
4.2
Iceland
4.2
Spain
4.0
3
New Zealand
3.5
Greece
3.4
Cyprus
3.4
Portugal
3.0
Bottom group
2
Turkey
2.8
Romania
2.3
Israel
2.1
Malta
2.1
1
Mexico
1.8
Chile
1.2